Posted on 04/27/2025 8:58:21 AM PDT by Morgana
CV NEWS FEED // A Minnesota state employee caught on video vandalizing Tesla vehicles will avoid criminal charges under a controversial decision by Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty, drawing sharp rebukes from police and victims.
Surveillance footage captured 33-year-old Dylan Bryan Adams, a data analyst for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, keying multiple Teslas and stripping paint from the vehicles while walking his dog near a dealership in Minneapolis.
The damage totaled over $20,000 and impacted at least six victims.
Despite the evidence, Moriarty’s office declined to file criminal charges against Adams. Instead, Adams was placed in a diversion program intended to help him keep his job and pay restitution.
“This is an approach taken in many property crime cases and helps to ensure the individual keeps their job and can pay restitution, as well as reducing the likelihood of repeat offenses,” said a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office, according to CBS News.
Meanwhile, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara condemned the decision, saying it undermines police work and justice for victims.
“The Minneapolis Police Department did its job,” O’Hara said in a statement to KARE. “It identified and investigated a crime trend, identified, and arrested a suspect, and presented a case file to the Hennepin County Attorney Office for consideration of charges. This case impacted at least six different victims and totaled over $20,000 in damages.”
“Any frustration related to the charging decision of the Hennepin County Attorney should be directed solely at her office. Our investigators are always frustrated when the cases they poured their hearts into are declined. In my experience, the victims in these cases often feel the same.”
The decision comes amid broader criticism of Moriarty’s progressive policies, including prior plea deals that outraged families of violent crime victims and stirred legal controversy.
Tesla dealerships nationwide have faced a surge in vandalism in recent weeks, often linked to backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Earlier this month, Attorney General Pam Bondi labeled the coordinated attacks on Tesla sites “domestic terrorism,” vowing that offenders would be held accountable.
The victim should have his insurance company sue the perpetrators insurance company.
Can’t the DOJ move in here and indict him on Federal Charges?
If one of the Tesla owners had spotted this guy and done $20K damage to his teeth, I bet the DA would have just shrugged it off. [/s]
I guess they could in small claims court.
The company that insures that car should sue the perp and so should the owner.
Six affected owners, six separate lawsuits.
Lawfare this twerp to the homeless shelter.
A Soros DA ?
Theoretically they will garnish however, that can take years to pay off. What needs to happen is a class action against the dude and the state attorneys general to the tune of MILLIONS for infliction of emotional distress! This was an obvious hate crime and ... GASP My heart races every time I get in my Tesla!! I feel like I can’t breathe. My therapist says it may take years to get over the trauma and now I can’t perform . . . blush! My wife is unsatisfied and my children ashamed. I say Musk needs to set up a prosecution fund to help these victims with the pursuit of their justice!
This guy interfered with interstate commerce just as surely as if he had denied someone a hot dog at a lunch counter based on color.
This is a federal issue. Get him.
Unless your a Democrat.
Yawn...
Why all the upset over the law in Somalia West...
Firebomb her car.
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