Pennsylvania arson suspect was free on bail ‘to co-parent’ after alleged family violence: report

The antheral accused of mounting the Pennsylvania governor's mansion ablaze implicit the play was retired connected bail stemming from a 2023 home battle case.

Gov. Josh Shapiro and his household escaped without wounded aboriginal Sunday. Cody Balmer was arrested successful the attack.

Balmer had been retired connected bail stemming from an incidental successful 2023. Fox News confirmed that successful January of that year, constabulary responded to a telephone from the residence of Balmer, 38, aft his 13-year-old lad called constabulary to study that Balmer was beating his wife. 

A transgression ailment filed by the Penbrook Borough Police Department regarding the incident, aft which Balmer was charged with 3 counts of elemental assault, said Balmer took an full vessel of pills successful an effort to termination himself. When his lad stepped successful betwixt Balmer and his wife, Balmer allegedly shoved his lad retired of the mode and past punched his woman with a closed fist. 

PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR'S MANSION ATTACK SUSPECT CODY BALMER ADMITTED 'HARBORING HATRED TOWARD SHAPIRO: POLICE

Cody Balmer, the antheral accused of mounting occurrence to the governor's mansion portion Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his household were sleeping, stuck his lingua retired astatine a tribunal arraignment Monday. (WTXF)

That ailment besides said that during the fight, Balmer elbowed his 10-year-old lad and stepped connected his leg, which was healing aft it had precocious been broken. Balmer's woman besides deed him during the fight, according to the report. She said she was acting successful self-defense. 

Court records amusement that Balmer was scheduled to look successful tribunal Wednesday to look those charges. 

Additionally, Fox News has learned that Balmer's parent called the Penbrook Police Station earlier the alleged arson onslaught searching for assistance for her son, who she said had intelligence wellness issues and was not taking his medicine. 

The constabulary section said the informing calls did not conscionable the criteria for a constabulary intervention. 

After his Monday arraignment, Balmer concisely responded to a question astir whether helium was mentally ill. 

"That's the rumor, but nary ma'am," helium told Judge Dale Klein during a little Monday arraignment hearing. 

PENNSYLVANIA POLICE ARREST SUSPECT AFTER GOVERNOR’S MANSION SET ON FIRE WHILE GOV JOSH SHAPIRO, FAMILY SLEPT

Fire harm wrong the Pennsylvania governor's mansion is shown, aft an evident arson onslaught aboriginal Sunday morning. (Commonwealth Media Services)

Balmer told the tribunal that helium had nary past of substance oregon intoxicant maltreatment and said that helium had taken medicine for intelligence wellness successful the past, but that the pills "lead [him] to antithetic types of behavior."

Balmer displayed bizarre behaviour during Monday's hearing, sticking his lingua retired astatine reporters arsenic helium entered the courtroom. He identified himself arsenic an out-of-work erstwhile welder with nary income, wealth oregon savings during the hearing. He served successful the Army Reserves from 2004 to 2012, according to an Army spokesperson.

Fox News besides confirmed that the accused antheral was retired connected bail related to a home maltreatment lawsuit during the clip of the alleged arson.

However, helium was allowed retired connected bail to "make [it] easier to co-parent," ABC News reported.

According to the transgression ailment against him, "Balmer admitted to harboring hatred towards Governor Shapiro." Balmer told investigators "he removed gasoline from a tract mower and poured it into Heineken bottles helium recovered astatine his residence."

Balmer besides reportedly admitted to the transgression portion successful constabulary custody. He allegedly scaled the obstruction of the governor's mansion, entered done windows breached with a hammer, and lit it connected occurrence with homemade incendiary devices. 

Balmer is being held without enslaved connected charges of attempted murder, aggravated arson, burglary, coercion and different related offenses aft allegedly mounting the occurrence successful the aboriginal greeting hours connected Sunday.

Governor Josh Shapiro and the Pennsylvania State Police supply an update connected the enactment of arson that took spot astatine the Governor's Residence. (Commonwealth Media Services)

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Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens explained further successful a Sunday property conference.

"He actively evaded troopers who were present to unafraid the residence," said. "While [police] were searching is erstwhile helium attacked astatine the residence, [and] broke successful and acceptable the fires…it was a precise speedy lawsuit that occurred."

Fox News' Stephen Sorace, Andrea Margolis, Pilar Arias, Liz Friden, Kitty Le Clare and Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.