One of several acts of violence against the electric car manufacturer across , the United States , in recent months, a person has been arrested after authorities said she damaged a , Tesla , shop with an involuntary BB gun in Gwinnett County.
After police claimed she fired many shots into the shop on Satellite Boulevard , near Duluth first on April 28, she was charged with criminal second-degree legal damage to property.
The two custom glass windows were estimated to be worth about$ 20,000, according to her warrant. According to the subpoena, she “indiscriminately shot into the tower from a moving car.”
According to police spokesperson Juan Madiedo, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “investigators did not identify a certain motive.”
Following Elon Musk’s collaboration with the , Department of Government Performance, Tesla , automobiles and dealerships have been vandalized across the nation. According to The Associated Press, Molotov cocktails were thrown at automobiles and the phrases” Nazi vehicles” were spray-painted on a factory. These locations have been followed by the episodes in , Massachusetts,  , South Carolina,  , Oregon, and , Colorado. Outside of the houses, rallies have also been held.
The attacks were “nothing but home terrorism,” according to Attorney General’s Pam Bondi in March.
” The Department of Justice has already charged a number of criminals with that in mind, including those who face charges with minimal words of five years. We will continue to look into those responsible for these attacks, including those who work behind the scenes to organize and bank these crimes,” Bondi said at the time.
Because prosecutors are unaware of any prior incidents involving a , Tesla , shop being targeted, Madiedo claimed the destruction to the , Gwinnett , factory appeared to be an isolated event.
According to authorities, officials in Gwinnett did arrest a man on April 11 for keying a Tesla and a car in a Costco parking lot on Venture Drive. At the time, the sufferer was shopping.
Authorities said Beckstead was identified as a suspect from Flock cameras, which are mounted near the metro and Atlanta and allow traffic to trail cars using license plate numbers, and surveillance footage from the shop and other locations throughout the county. According to online information, she was booked on May 1 and posted a$ 1,200 bond on Tuesday.
Studies into the situations are continuous.
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