Vandal strikes cybertruck, Tesla owner hits back

An accused vandal is "under investigation" aft appearing to resistance a cardinal crossed a Tesla Cybertruck extracurricular the Omni Mountain Resort & Spa successful Brenton Woods, New Hampshire. 

Kerri Pouliot, the proprietor of the damaged Tesla, posted the clip to X saying "our Tesla cyber motortruck was vandalized this play successful NH. While staying astatine our hotel, our conveyance was keyed wrong an hr of arriving."

In an interview, Pouliot told Fox News Digital that she and her hubby "were told astatine the clip of the incidental that they would beryllium getting a warrant" for the antheral suspect's arrest.

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A Tesla Supercharger presumption is seen vandalized with the words "Elon is simply a Nazi scum" connected January 31, 2025, successful San Diego, California. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows the antheral fishy walking on the close broadside of the vehicle, pulling what appeared to beryllium a cardinal from his pouch and dragging it on the broadside of the Cybertruck.

Pouliot recorded a video erstwhile constabulary arrived astatine the scene, and an serviceman tin beryllium heard asking, "Do you privation to speech astir what happened here?"

The accused vandal snapped back, "No, I don’t cognize what happened."

Police past told the antheral that they "had him connected video."

"I don’t cognize what happened," the antheral repeated.

Carroll Police Chief Tadd Bailey told the New Hampshire Union Leader that "the incidental is nether probe by america and the Coos County Attorney’s Office."

Spokespersons for the Carroll Police Department and the Coos County Attorney's Office did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

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Undeterred by the targeted thrashing of the Tesla, Pouliot told Fox News Digital that she and her hubby person "no intentions of ever selling our truck."

The melodramatic uptick successful the demolition of the electric-powered vehicles has not gone unnoticed by the Trump Administration, leading FBI Director Kash Patel to motorboat a task unit to combat the emergence successful people transgression attacks connected Elon Musk’s car company.

ATF investigators instrumentality isolated and papers a burned Tesla Cybertruck astatine a Tesla batch successful Seattle, Washington, connected March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

On Monday, FBI Spokesperson Ben Williamson told Fox News Digital, "This Task Force is conscionable the latest determination successful coordinating our efforts to guarantee those who violently onslaught Tesla volition beryllium pursued and brought to justice."

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Last week, President Donald Trump weighed successful connected the wide vandalism of the vehicles, saying "I look guardant to watching the sick violent thugs get 20 twelvemonth jailhouse sentences for what they are doing to Elon Musk and Tesla. Perhaps they could service them successful the prisons of El Salvador, which person go truthful precocious celebrated for specified beauteous conditions!"

Attacks connected the vehicles and assertive rhetoric toward billionaire Tesla laminitis and DOGE caput Elon Musk person not been unprompted. Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said connected a telephone past week that Musk should beryllium "taken down," to which Attorney General Pam Bondi cautioned her to "tread precise carefully."

The Texas congresswoman rapidly clarified her statement, saying, "Everything that I americium promoting is nonviolent."

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Five Tesla vehicles were acceptable connected occurrence and changeable astatine successful what constabulary are investigating arsenic a "targeted attack" astatine a section repair halfway successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected March 18, 2025. (Hal Sparks via Storyful)

Bondi further addressed the rhetoric by telling Fox News big Sean Hannity, "After she said that astir Elon, [Crockett] said, 'Well, I didn't mean violence,' but however, your words person consequences. And what happened aft she said that astir Elon Musk? She's a Texan successful her ain location authorities aft she said that this morning, 3 explosive devices were recovered successful Austin, Texas. So she needs to unequivocally denounce the violence."

Despite warnings from the lawyer general, Crockett has doubled down connected her stance, calling for a "Global Day of Action" to deed backmost astatine the Musk-founded institution connected March 29.

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"All I privation to spot hap connected my day is for Elon to beryllium taken down," Crockett said.

Omni Mountain Resort & Spa could not beryllium reached for comment.

Fox News Digital's Max Bacall contributed to this report.