The man who is said to be the mansion of Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Penn., And his family has set fire to, has engaged, according to the criminal complaint obtained by Fox News.
Cody Balmer, 38, from Harrisburg, was first identified to the police by an ex-lover after he reportedly confessed her and “wanted her to call the police to hand in,” the complaint said. It was only a short time later that Balmer struck himself outside of Pennsylvania State Police headquarters, the police said.
While he was interviewed by Troopers, “Balmer admitted that he had hatred of Governor Shapiro.” Balmer would have told the researchers: “He removed gas from a lawn mower and gave it to Heineken -bottles he found in his home.”
Allegedly Balmer said that he was walking to the Governor’s country house for an hour “with the intention of throwing his home -made Molotov cocktails in the house.”
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Plates and other items are on top of a poorly burned table. (Commonwealth Media Services)
Troopers say that Balmer has admitted that they break a circumference fence, two windows with a hammer and throw Molotov cocktails inside. The arson alleged that he was aware that it was a possibility that Shapiro and others were at home at the time and “it was a possibility that people could be injured by his actions.”
If Balmer had come face to face with Shapiro, he said: “He would have beaten him with his hammer.” After the interview, Balmer was brought to the Dauphin County prison for a preliminary way.
A criminal complaint released on Monday, April 14, 2025, described the arson in the mansion of the Governor of Pennsylvania. (Associated Press)
Tables and chairs were littered in what remains of a room that seems to have maintained the worst of the fire. (Commonwealth Media Services)
The police say that the arson is caught the suspect on security cameras, both in and outside the country house “with a black” snap-on “jacket, black boots and a bag.” Troopers say they have found the jacket, bag “and a small leader” in the house of Balmer.
The fire broke out on Sunday after Shapiro after Shapiro, considered a potential presidential competition for the Democratic Party in 2028, and his family celebrated the first night of the Jewish vacation of Pascha.
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“This kind of violence is far too common in our society,” said the politician. “And I don’t care if it comes from one or the other, aimed at a certain party or another, or a certain person or another. It’s not okay and it must stop. We have to be better than this.”
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