A university student was arrested by federal authorities in Boston after allegedly launching a Molotov cocktail on a Tesla concessionaire in Missouri while he is at home on spring holidays.
Owen McIntire, 19, or Kansas City, was arrested and made an initial appearance in the Court on Friday at the United States District Court in Massachusetts.
McIntire, a university student in Boston, was accused of illegal possession of an unregistered destructive device and malicious damage due to any property used in interstate trade, according to the court presented in the western district of Missouri.
A Molotov cocktail was found, according to the authorities. (FBI Boston)
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An officer of the Kansas City Missouri police department (Kcmopd) who was near the center of Tesla de Kansas City, on March 17, saw smoke leaving a cyber -parked parked in the parking lot.
The officer also found a Molotov cocktail that was still intact near the cyber truck just before midnight, according to an affidavit.
Owen McIntire, 19, was accused in a Tesla fire. (United States Department of Justice)
The teams of the Kansas City Fire Department responded to extinguish the fire, which had spread from the Cyberruck to a second vehicle in the lot, according to the judicial documents. Cybertrucks had sales prices of $ 105,485 and $ 107,485.
Two Tesla load stations were also damaged by the fire, each with an approximate value of $ 550.
The fire damaged two cybertrucks and two Tesla load stations. (FBI Boston)
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Forensic agents and experts from the Office of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recovered and analyzed key evidence, including Molotov cocktails allegedly used in the fire caused.
Later, the authorities found video images of a person who believe it is McIntire, with a large hat, illuminating the devices and throwing them into the cybertrucks before moving away.
Later, the hat was found by the authorities near the concessionaire, with DNA evidence that confirmed that it coincided with that of a man.
A great hat, which the authorities claim that the suspect used near the scene. (United States Department of Justice)
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“Let me be extremely clear for anyone who is still a chicken to light a Tesla property: it will not evade,” said the United States attorney general Pamela Bondi, in a statement. “You will be arrested. You will be processed. It will spend decades after bars. It is not worth it.”
The FBI director, Kash Patel, said the ruling was the second of the week for crimes addressed to Tesla.
The authorities shared photos of a Molotov cocktail that remained on the scene. (FBI Boston)
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“These actions are dangerous, they are illegal and we will judge those responsible,” Patel said. “We will work with our partners in the Department of Justice to hold anyone who commits such crimes.”
The FBI Kansas City and Boston field offices, the ATF and Kansas City Police Department, Missouri, are investigating.