The man accused of establishing the mansion of the governor of the governor of Pennsylvania in flames during the weekend was released on bail of a domestic assault case of 2023.
Governor Josh Shapiro and his family escaped without injuries on Sunday. Cody Balmer was arrested in the attack.
Balmer had been under the bond of an incident in January 2023. Fox News confirmed that in January of those months, the police responded to a call from the 38 -year -old Balmer residence, after his 13 -year -old son called the police to inform him that his Suy was beaten.
A criminal complaint filed by the Penbrook County Police Department regarding the incident, after which Balmer was accused of three simple assault charges, said Balmer Tok a bottle of whole pills in an attempt to commit suicide. When his son entered between Balmer and his wife, Balmer supposedly pushed his son out of the way and then hit his wife with a closed fist.
The suspect of the attack of the mansion of the governor of Pennsylvania, Cody Balmer
Cody Balmer, the man accused of setting fire to the governor’s mansion, while the governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro and his family, were sleeping, turned off the tongue in an accusation in court on Monday. (WTXF)
That complaint also said that the fight, Balmer, Balmer, his 10 -year -old son and stepped on his leg, who was healing after he had recently broken. Balmer’s wife also hit him with the fight, according to the report. She said she was acting in self -defense.
Judicial records show that Balmer was scheduled to appear in the Court on Wednesday to face those charges.
In addition, Fox News learned that Balmer’s mother called the Penbrook police station before the alleged incendiary attack in search of her son, who said she had mental health problems and that she was not taking her medicine.
The Police Department said that warning calls did not comply with the criteria for a police intervention.
After reading Monday positions, Balmer Letterly answered a question about whether he was mentally ill.
“That is the rumor, but there are no signs,” he told Judge Dale Klein Kleining a letter arrested on Monday.
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The fire damage within the mansion of the Governor of Pennsylvania is shown, after an apparent fire on Sunday morning. (Media services of the Commonwealth)
Balmer told the court that he had no history of substance or alcohol abuse and said he had tasks of mental health medicines in the past, but that the pills “conduct [him] to different types of behavior. “
Balmer showed a strange behavior that returned the audience on Monday, taking the tongue to journalists when he entered the courtroom. He identified himself as a former welder out of work without income, money or savings for the audience. It served in army reserves from 2004 to 2012, according to an army spokesman.
Fox News also confirmed that the accused man was in relation to the bond with a duration of the case of domestic abuse at the time of the alleged fire caused.
However, he was allowed to be released on bail to “make [it] Easier to be cuparentoso, “ABC News reported.
In accordance with the criminal complaint against him, “he admitted that Balmer has hosted hatred towards Shapiro governor. “ Balmer told the researchers “that he eliminated the gasoline of a grass cutter and poured it into bottles of Heineken that he found in his residence.”
According to the reports, Balmer also admitted the crime while in police custody. He allegedly climbed the fence of the governor’s mansion, entered through broken windows with a hammer and turned on it in flames with home incendiary devices.
Balmer is stopped without bail for positions of murder attempt, caused fire, robbery, terrorism and other related crimes after supposedly burning on Sunday morning.
Governor Josh Shapiro and Penylvania state police provide an update on the act of fires caused in the Tok place in the governor’s residence. (Media services of the Commonwealth)
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Lieutenant Colonel of the State Police of Pennsylvania, George Bivens, explained more thoroughly at a Sunday press conference.
“He actively evaded the soldiers who were here to ensure residence,” he said. “While [police] They were looking for when he attacked in the residence, [and] He broke and put the fires … It was a very fast event that happened. “
Stephen Sorace, Andrea Margolis, Pilar Arias, Liz Friden, Kitty Le Clare and Alexis Mcadams contributed to this report.