A Kansas City resident, 19 -year -old Missoururi, was arrested for allegedly burning a Tesla vehicle last month, the Department of Justice announced on Friday.
Owen Mcintire, who studied in Boston, was arrested and made a court performance initially on Friday to face federal accusations related to arson attack at Tesla Dealer in Kansas City on March 17.
The teenager, who was at home in Kansas City for spring holidays at the time of the incident, was charged with an unauthorized accusation of ownership of an unregistered destructive device and an accusation of evil damage by any property fire used in trade between countries, said Federal Prosecutor.
Mcintire was the second person arrested this week on federal charges of alleged combustion attacks on Tesla dealers.
Two Tesla Cybertrucks caught fire at the Tesla dealer in Kansas City, March 17, 2025.
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“Let me be very clear for anyone who still wants to bomb Tesla’s property: You will not avoid us,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi. “You will be arrested. You will be prosecuted. You will spend a few decades behind bars. It’s not commensurate.”
According to a written statement, an officer at the Kansas City Police Department “Observing the smoke originating from Cybertruck Gray -Gray parked in the KC Tesla Center parking lot” around 11:16 pm on March 17.
The police found a burning device that was allegedly unbroken – or Molotov’s cocktail – at the scene near the burning Cybertruck, the written statement said.
The picture shows the suspect in a arson attack at the Tesla center in Kansas City from a court document.
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The fire spread from one cyberuck to one second, with two filling stations also damaged by fire, said Federal Prosecutor.
“This is not vandalism – it is a cruel criminal act,” said Dan Driscoll, Acting Director of the alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives.
Prosecutor Federal said two Crybertrucks had a selling price of $ 105,485 and $ 107,485, and two individual charging stations worth $ 550.
“This arrest continues to strengthen a clear message from the FBI: We are committed to ensuring the safety and security of our community from violent actors,” said the Special Agent of the City of FBI Kansas who was responsible statement.
Owen Mcintire at Kansas City International Airport in a picture released by the Department of Justice.
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It is not immediately clear whether Mcintire submitted an application for the accusations and information of his lawyer was not available on Friday afternoon.
Another suspect, Jamison Wagner from New Mexico, faced federal accusations in connection with two separate combustion attacks on Tesla dealers and Republican state headquarters in Albuquerque, according to court documents that opened this week. Wagner has not submitted an application.
Tesla vehicles, dealers, and filling stations have been damaged, suffer from burning and face protests in several cities throughout the country in recent months since the CEO of the company Elon Musk began its work in the White House which spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge.