The defendants of Tesla Arson will face the “total force of the law” for allegedly using Molotov cocktails to set fire to electric vehicles and load stations, the attorney general Pam Bondi said Thursday in a statement.
“The days of committing crimes without consequences have ended,” Bondi said in a statement. “That this is a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla Properties, the Department of Justice will put it behind bars.”
Bondi refers to the three people accused of their alleged participation in recent attacks in Salem, Oregon; Loveland, Colorado; and Charleston, South Carolina.
ATF researchers inspect Tesla Cybertrucks in a Tesla lot in Seattle, on March 10, 2025.
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The Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, also said Thursday that the company has increased security throughout the country after vandalism reports aimed at vehicles, concessionaires and load stations of Tesla.
“Tesla has increased security and activates the Sentinel mode in all vehicles in stores,” Musk said in a shared publication in X.
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