(File Photo: Source and Credit for Photo: This image provided by Commonwealth Media Services shows damage after a fire at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion while Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Commonwealth Media Services via AP)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Dauphin County, PA) According to Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo, the man who set a fire at the house of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro on Sunday may face ethnic intimidation charges. Police confirmed that Molotov cocktails were used by thirty-eight-year-old Cody Balmer to cause the fire. Chardo proclaims the search warrant can be in part to Balmer targeting the Jewish faith of the Shapiros. A bail for Balmer was denied by a judge on Monday.