{"id":4317,"date":"2025-04-19T06:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T06:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4317"},"modified":"2025-04-19T06:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T06:05:25","slug":"college-student-charged-in-firebombing-of-tesla-cybertrucks-in-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4317","title":{"rendered":"College student charged in firebombing of Tesla cybertrucks in Missouri"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A 19-year-old college student has been arrested and charged with federal offenses for allegedly firebombing two Tesla Cybertrucks at a dealership in Missouri while home on spring break.<\/p>\n<p>Owen McIntire, a Boston-based student from Kansas City, was taken into custody in Massachusetts and appeared in US District Court on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He faces charges of unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device and malicious damage by fire to property used in interstate commerce, according to the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred just before midnight on March 17 at the Kansas City Tesla Center. A nearby police officer saw smoke rising from the lot and discovered a burning Cybertruck and a Molotov cocktail nearby, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The fire spread to a second vehicle and damaged two Tesla charging stations. The Cybertrucks were valued at over $105,000 each.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage and forensic evidence, including DNA from a large hat found near the scene, allegedly link McIntire to the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said he was later seen on security cameras at Kansas City International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This arrest sends a clear message: firebombing private property will lead to prosecution and prison,&#8221; said US Attorney General Pamela Bondi.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI and ATF are continuing their investigation, noting that this marks the second Tesla-targeted arson case in a week. Officials say Tesla locations across multiple states have recently faced similar acts of vandalism and arson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These actions are illegal, dangerous, and will not be tolerated,&#8221; said FBI Director Kash Patel.<\/p>\n<p>McIntire remains in federal custody. No injuries were reported in the incident.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 19-year-old college student has been arrested and charged with federal offenses for allegedly firebombing two Tesla Cybertrucks at a dealership in Missouri while home on spring break. Owen McIntire, a Boston-based student from Kansas City, was taken into custody in Massachusetts and appeared in US District Court on Friday. He faces charges of unlawful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}