Who is Cody Allen Balmer? Suspect accused of arson attack on Gov. Shapiro’s home

The man accused of firearms bombarding the Pennsylvania government, Josh Shapiro’s house has been fighting in recent years with problems in his home life, as well as problems arising from covering his mortgage in the home, according to court records reviewed by ABC News.

Cody Alan Balmer was arrested on Sunday for claiming to have invaded the governor’s home while he and his family were inside and set fire to two Molotov cocktails.

He was denied a guarantee in his contract on Monday.

Before he was arrested and accused of attempted murder, aggravated arson and terrorism in the attack on the governor’s estate, Balmer is already in court on Wednesday on charges arising from the allegations of internal attack.

The 38-year-old Balmer had been confronted with a continuous and ahead of the foreclosure procedures and the allegations that he had attacked his then-wife and children against the backdrop of what he said that police were his unsuccessful suicide attempt.

He has worked as a car mechanic in the Harisburg region and has served eight years as an army reserves from his late teenage years on. US Army spokesman Heather J. Hagan said in a statement that Balmer was a renovation of construction equipment (62B) in the Army Reserve from April 2004 to June 2012. He had no implementation. He was a sergeant when he left the army. The service declined to say whether he had been honestly released, citing confidentiality laws.

In 2022, Balmer was tried by a mortgage lender who wants to prevent his home in Harisburg. By June 2024, he owed nearly $ 117,000 plus interest. The sales of the sheriff was determined, but Balmer’s lawyer demanded that the sale be postponed, saying that Balmer had made it difficult to end the ends because of bad luck and marriage.

Balmer “lags behind in his mortgage due to several factors of difficulty, including injuries to a car accident leading to his inability to work and maintain income and separation from his wife,” his lawyer said in court documents. However, he had just found a buyer, despite the “numerous problems in and with the property” and needed time to complete the sale. The case was rejected in January 2025 as the parties had “resolved” the issue.

At the same time, he had an escalating and supposedly violent situation at home, court documents show.

At the end of January 2023, the local police were called to a home in the Harisburg area of ​​what is characterized in court documents as an “active physical internal” incident.

“A child call advised that his step was beating his mother,” said the declaration of the reply employee. The officer reacted, and out of the home he met with Balmer’s then wife “in high condition, screaming and crying for her husband, Cody Balmer after attacking her.”

“Cody was still in the residence,” the officer said.

Balmer told the officer “that he took a bottle full of pills in an attempt to commit suicide,” the statement said. “An argument between codi and [his wife] To the extent that his 13-year-old son “had entered them. Then Cody admitted that he had been inflicted on his son and that a battle had arisen between all parties. Cody showed injuries to his face.”

Balmer had hit his 10-year-old son, “In his chest and stepped on his broken leg in the middle of a fight with the victim and two more,” and hit his 13-year-old son and his wife, “with his fists closed and bitten his wife, causing a point wound to her hand,” according to the penalty complaint.

A Balmer was assigned an unsecured $ 5,000 guarantee, according to a criminal package. The document says it was “to do [it] It is easier to be born. “

In Pennsylvania, the defendants have given an unsecured guarantee, they should not publish money in advance, but they must agree to pay the said amount as a guarantee if they do not show for the court or violate the conditions for a guarantee, according to state law.

The attack case is still pending in Dauphin County. A separate criminal package states that a hearing for this one on Wednesday is scheduled for this case.

The available court documents do not indicate whether it has entered a legal basis in the home attack case. His alienated wife and public defender did not immediately respond to ABC News requests for comment.

Balmer was also charged with counterfeiting before. The court records show that he has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months of probation. The aunt of Balmer’s alienated wife told ABC News on the phone that she had only met him “several times”, but “he looked nice.”

“He was a little quiet, just, a little dressed, but he looked nice,” said Aunt Janel Jones. She had heard about the arson of arson, which Balmer is now accused of – “shock” to her, she said.

“It’s a shock to me.” So it’s – it’s crazy. That’s really crazy, “Jones said.

A Facebook profile reviewed by the Balmer Law enforcement authorities reflects a mix of family photos with what seemed to be an expression of neglect on politicians on both sides of the path. His photos include selfies with young children carrying costumes, and other posts include criticism of both President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden, the last of which he criticizes his age and economic policy.

Balmer also made many publications complaining about the high cost of living in the United States. In November 2022, he published: “Can’t pay rent? Sell your F **** bodies! No more authorities?

In a 2022 publication, Balmer shared an image of an embroidered flaming cocktail Molotov, with the inscription: “Be the light you want to see in the world.”