Whatever you think about the specific acts being charged here, there are plenty of lessons to learn.
There are cameras everywhere, and some of them are connected to license plate readers.
This was the guy who threw Molotov cocktails, shot an AR, and broke a window:
The federal affidavit claims that Lansky caused $500,000 worth of damage at the Tesla dealership by damaging a total of seven Teslas, “with one vehicle destroyed.”
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In a third case, an agent with the ATF investigated a widely-reported case in Loveland, Colorado, where a woman named Lucy Nelson is accused of spray painting “NAZI” and “FUCK MUSK” on a Tesla dealership sign, vandalizing several vehicles, and throwing a Molotov cocktail at a cybertruck over the course of several days in late January and early February.
Tesla claimed to investigators that Nelson allegedly caused $5 million worth of damage to vehicles at the dealership.
I wonder how she caused so much damage… 🤔
That Tesla accounting “discrepancy” has to get paid for somehow.
The reasons from the article:
- automatic license plate readers
- social media monitoring
- license plate records
- fingerprints left on a Molotov cocktail bottle
These people got caught because someone found their car and thus license plate.
Another had left a fingerprinted bottle that went missing when watching surveillance footage.
And then were able to confirm after finding the same outfit from the surveillance footage.
The lessons to be learned are to not use cars anywhere near the scene, leave no trace, fingerprints or digital evidence, including a phone, and make sure any recognizable clothing is well hidden, or even better thoroughly destroyed.
Oh and don’t post anything on social media.
- Take the bus/ride your bike/walk
- Only bring necessities and ensure they are all accounted for when you leave
- Leave your phone at home
- Change clothes ASAP
And don’t eat at the McDonalds in Altoona.
They did nothing wrong
Many cars nowadays collect and transmit real time geolocation, audio, and other data back to the automaker, and they often store it for years. Only an ID and a warrant (optional) away from being in the hands of law enforcement.
Looking into it there seems to be ways you can physically de-energize that equipment like pulling cables, but it usually involves taking your dash apart and you will lose a lot of modern functionality of the head unit.
Older cars don’t have this issue… Unless you bring your phone along with you
Yeah, I’m looking for a new car and realized I need to be looking for older, well maintained vehicles because anything with a center console is a weapon against the driver.
That isnt what a center console is, just to be accurate. The “center console” is a general term for the area that runs between the dashboard and drivers and passengers seats.
Essentially you just want a car with no factory gps. Although anything old enough to have not had gps from the factory (think old style universally sized replaceable stereos, the DIN form factor) is more than likely safe as anything aftermarket wont be linked to the rego or vin. If you want to be extra cautious, remove the stereo head unit for an old aftermarket one with no bluetooth either.
If they’re going to risk the crime, might as well hit production rather than dealerships
Vandals? Heros. Give them fucking medals
