Tesla’s vandals face up to 20 years in prison, says the attorney general

The United States Attorney General PAM Bondi said Thursday that three defendants accused of vandalism aimed at the ELON Musk Electric Vehicle Company could face up to 20 years in prison.

Bondi said that damage to Tesla cars, dealers and load stations were equivalent to domestic terrorism.

Prosecutors previously announced arrests and charges against the three suspects.

Tesla dealers throughout the country have been attacked in a wave of protests, but also vandalism and attacks with caused fires, in response to Musk’s influence on the Trump administration.

There is no specific law of the United States against domestic terrorism, but prosecutors can request longer prison sentences if convicted criminals have a reason related to terror.

Trump and Musk have also called the domestic terrorism of attacks. According to reports, administration supporters have also been “accelerated”, subjected to raids from the Armed Police after the emergency calls of deception.

A statement by the Department of Justice on Thursday did not appoint the suspects in Tesla’s vandalism, however, the details of the three cases described in the arrests and communication positions of press release announced previously by prosecutors.

The suspects include Lucy Nelson, 42, who was accused of possession of a destructive device and malicious destruction of the property after being seen near the site of a Tesla dealership in Colorado.

The concessionaire had been attacked with a Molotov and Graffiti cocktail attack that caused damage between $ 5,000 and $ 20,000, according to a criminal complaint. That suspect declared himself innocent.

Adam Matthew Lansky, 41, was accused of possession of a destructive device after the Molotov cocktails were thrown into a Tesla dealer in Salem, Oregon. You still have to present a plea and face a preliminary audience in April.

The third, Daniel Clarke-Pinder, 24, was accused of fire caused after allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at Tesla’s load stations in North Charleston, South Carolina, and clicking the parking lot.

In a statement, Bondi said: “The days of committing crimes without consequences have ended.

“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.”

The attorney general said that the three suspects could face between five and 20 years in prison if he is convicted.

The BBC tried to contact lawyers for the three defendants.