A Georgia man who set off a homemade bomb at the home of a woman he viscously stalked — after releasing a python in the residence to eat her daughter — was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, prosecutors said.
Stephen Glosser, 38, was handed the sentence after he planted an explosive device that blew up part of the woman’s Richmond Hill home on Jan. 13, 2023 as part of sordid plot to have her killed and her daughter eaten by a python, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia.
The victim – who Glosser previously met on a dating app but didn’t have a relationship with – was inside the home with her daughter during the heinous act, prosecutors said
“The level of malevolent violence in this case is astounding, and it’s truly fortunate that there were no deaths as a result of this horrific crime,” Acting U.S. Attorney Tara Lyons said in a statement.
“This successful prosecution is a credit to the outstanding investigative work of the ATF and our state and local law enforcement partners.”
Prosecutors said Glosser and another man, Caleb Kinsey, devised a plan meant to “kill, intimidate, harass and injure” the victim.
The wicked plan included a series of sick acts such as: shooting arrows into the woman’s front door, releasing a large python into the home to eat her daughter, mailing dog feces and dead rats to the woman’s house, scalping her and detonating her home.
Investigators later found the pair located the victim’s home using internet searches, mapped out a path to her residence, and then built an explosive device from parts purchased online.
Glosser also hired a cleaning service to wipe away any traces of bomb residue from his home after the explosion, which damaged the victim’s home, prosecutors said.
“This case demonstrates the devastating impact of violent criminals who stop at nothing to terrorize their victims,” said Beau Kolodka, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta ATF Field Office.
“ATF, along with our law enforcement partners, will aggressively pursue and bring to justice those who use explosive devices as tools of destruction.”
Glosser pleaded guilty in January to stalking and use of an explosive to commit another felony offense.
He is also required to pay $507,781 in restitution to the two victims, prosecutors said.
There is no parole in the federal system.
Kinsey, the co-conspirator, was taken into custody in Louisiana on unrelated charges, prosecutors said.
He is awaiting prosecution in Georgia.
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