RICHMOND HILL, GA – A man from Georgia has been handed a significant prison term after admitting to leveling a woman’s house with explosives and conspiring to feed her child to a large reptile.

Stephen Glosser, 38, was sentenced to two concurrent 20-year terms in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of using explosives in the commission of another felony and stalking, according to U.S. District Court Chief Judge R. Stan Baker. The guilty pleas followed a chilling account of a vengeance-driven plan.

Authorities described Glosser’s crimes as extraordinarily violent, with Acting U.S. Attorney Tara M. Lyons expressing relief that no lives were lost in what could have been an even more tragic outcome.

In a detailed account of the conspiracy, Glosser, alongside accomplice Caleb Kinsey, orchestrated a range of vicious acts targeted at a woman Glosser had briefly encountered through online dating. Their plots included bizarre intentions to mail dog feces and dead rats to the woman’s residence and, even worse, release a python with the intent of attacking her child. Further plans involved attempts to harm the woman with a bomb explosion at her home.

While Glosser has admitted to his part in this malevolent scheme, court proceedings for Kinsey are still pending as the legal system continues to unravel his alleged involvement.

The drama unfolded after Glosser and the woman called off their brief online relationship, which is when a joint plan with Kinsey allegedly took shape. The two men communicated extensively via cell phones to concoct this nefarious plot, which was outlined in Glosser’s plea agreement.

On January 13, 2023, Glosser and Kinsey put their destructive plan into action at the victim’s home in Richmond Hill, a coastal town near Savannah. Using homemade explosives, they set off a blast that razed the woman’s house. Remarkably, both she and her daughter escaped unharmed.

Post-bombing, Glosser attempted to cover his tracks by hiring a cleaning service to erase evidence of bomb-making materials from his living quarters, the Department of Justice revealed.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey lauded the legal outcome, emphasizing the case’s message that individuals who terrorize others with violence and threats will ultimately face justice. This case, fortunately lacking casualties, serves as a grim reminder of domestic terrorism’s potential peril.