Woman suspected of concessionaire vandalism Tesla accused in a federal court

Denver (AP)-Federal prosecutors have accused a woman in a series of vandalism against a Tesla Colorado dealership, including the launch of Molotov cocktails to vehicles and aerosol paint “Nazis cars” in the building along with a message that appeared addressed to the co-founder of the company Elon Musk.

Lucy Grace Nelson was scheduled to appear before the court on Thursday afternoon for a charge of malicious destruction of the property, according to judicial documents. It wasn’t clear if he had a lawyer.

Nelson was arrested Monday by separate state charges after the police said he returned to the concessionaire in Loveland, Colorado, with “additional incendiary devices” and materials used in vandalism.

The case occurs in the midst of the growing concerns expressed by the Democrats and some Republicans on Musk’s influence on the administration of President Donald Trump and continues recently Protests in Tesla Storerooms In another part of the United States

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According to federal criminal charges filed against Nelson, it is suspected that it will begin fires lighting Molotov cocktails made with empty liquor bottles near vehicles that apparently did not cause much damage.

The photos included in the presentation showed a small fire on the ground near the vehicles. The concessionaire estimated that several vandalism incidents during approximately one month caused between $ 5,000 and $ 20,000 in damages, with an estimated $ 5,000 in damage to vehicles.

Loveland police spokesman Chris Padgett said the police were investigating the possibility of someone else to participate.

In one of the incidents, someone painted an obscenity that is believed to go to Musk before being persecuted by a security guard, according to an affidavit of the Loveland Police.

Police said that when Nelson was arrested, in his car they observed cancies in spray paint, gasoline, bottles and several pieces of fabric that could soak up with an accelerator.