A morbidly overweight 33-year-old man was arrested by Texarkana, Texas police on Tuesday for ramming a Tesla Cybertruck with a mini four-wheeler. The assault was captured by the Cybertruck’s Sentry Mode video safety system.
Police say the person could also be accountable for different assaults on Teslas within the space that day.
Viral video from the Cybertruck exhibits the attacker nearly getting thrown off as he rammed the Tesla, then recovering and switching to reverse.
The Texarkana Tesla Bandit In Motion @RandomHeroWX @Tesla @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/fXkep7P8R1
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Statement and photo by Texarkana, Texas police:
We arrested 33 yr previous Demarqeyun Cox this afternoon after he allegedly broken a number of Tesla automobiles in separate incidents throughout the town right now.
The primary report got here from the Golden Palace restaurant on Summerhill Street, the place surveillance footage from the automotive itself captured a man on a mini four-wheeler deliberately ramming a parked Tesla at full velocity. Whereas officers have been looking for the suspect, one other name got here in reporting harm to a Tesla within the Lowe’s parking zone.
Shortly after that, Officer Blake Lummus noticed Cox driving a mini four-wheeler close to Summerhill and New Boston Roads and acknowledged him because the suspect within the earlier video. After being stopped, Cox initially gave a false identify however was shortly recognized and brought into custody.
After Cox’s arrest, we bought one more report of Tesla harm – this time at Genesis Prime Care on Faculty Drive.
To this point, Cox has solely been charged with one depend of felony Legal Mischief and Failure to Determine. Nevertheless, officers are working now to determine if Cox is accountable for the 2 later incidents. In the event that they decide he’s, further expenses could also be filed.
He’s presently being held within the Bi-State Jail because the investigation continues.
Photographs of Cox on the run:
This dude went round Texarkana right now ramming Tesla’s on a 4 wheeler. He hit 4, perhaps six. pic.twitter.com/XVOLl5xSe1
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