College spring breaker charged in firebombing of Tesla Cybertrucks at dealership

A assemblage pupil was arrested by national authorities successful Boston aft allegedly launching a Molotov cocktail astatine a Tesla dealership successful Missouri portion location connected outpouring break.

Owen McIntire, 19, of Kansas City, was arrested and made an archetypal tribunal quality Friday successful U.S. District Court successful Massachusetts.

McIntire, a assemblage pupil successful Boston, was charged with unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive instrumentality and malicious harm by occurrence of immoderate spot utilized successful interstate commerce, according to tribunal documents filed successful the Western District of Missouri.

A Molotov cocktail was found, according to authorities. (FBI Boston)

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A Kansas City Missouri Police Department (KCMOPD) serviceman who was adjacent the Kansas City Tesla Center March 17 saw fume rising from a Cybertruck parked successful the parking lot.

The serviceman besides recovered a Molotov cocktail that was inactive successful tact adjacent the burning Cybertruck conscionable earlier midnight, according to an affidavit.

Owen McIntire, 19, was charged successful a Tesla arson. (U.S. Department of Justice)

Kansas City Fire Department crews responded to extinguish the fire, which had dispersed from the Cybertruck to a 2nd conveyance successful the lot, according to tribunal documents. The Cybertrucks had merchantability prices of $105,485 and $107,485. 

Two Tesla charging stations were besides damaged by the fire, each with an approximate worth of $550.

The occurrence damaged 2 Cybertrucks and 2 Tesla charging stations. (FBI Boston)

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Agents and forensic experts from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recovered and analyzed cardinal evidence, including Molotov cocktails allegedly utilized successful the arson.

Authorities aboriginal recovered video footage of a idiosyncratic who they judge to beryllium McIntire, wearing a ample hat, lighting the devices and throwing them astatine the Cybertrucks earlier walking away.

The chapeau was aboriginal recovered by authorities adjacent the dealership, with DNA grounds confirming it matched that of a man.

A ample hat, which authorities assertion was worn by the suspect, was recovered adjacent the scene. (U.S. Department of Justice)

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"Let maine beryllium highly wide to anyone who inactive wants to firebomb a Tesla property: You volition not evade us," U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said successful a statement. "You volition beryllium arrested. You volition beryllium prosecuted. You volition walk decades down bars. It is not worthy it."

FBI Director Kash Patel said the apprehension was the 2nd of the week for crimes targeting Tesla.

Authorities shared photos of a Molotov cocktail near astatine the scene. (FBI Boston)

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"These actions are dangerous, they are amerciable and we are going to apprehension those responsible," Patel said. "We volition enactment with our partners astatine the Department of Justice to clasp accountable anyone who commits specified crimes."

The FBI Kansas City and Boston tract offices, the ATF and the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department are investigating.