By Molly Goddard
12:27am PDT, Apr 17, 2025
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The suspect who targeted a Tesla showroom in New Mexico has been taken into custody.According to photos obtained by the New York Post, a man named Jamison Wagner was arrested during an FBI raid after allegedly setting fire to the establishment owned by Elon Musk as well as a local Republican Party office in Albuquerque.
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According to the New York Post, Jamison Wagner, 40, was wearing nothing but a pair of shorts as the FBI counterterrorism task force led him away. The alleged criminal sported dark blue lipstick in his booking photo.Wagner was charged with two counts of malicious damage or destruction of property. The suspect faces up to 20 years in prison on each count.
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Authorities allege that on February 9, Jamison Wagner set two cars on fire and spray-painted other Tesla vehicles as well as the building with swastikas and graffiti.On March 30, the suspect reportedly breached the Republican Party New Mexico office and wrote the phrase "ICE = KKK" on the building.
The FBI was able to track down Wagner through surveillance footage, which led them to his home. They found an "ICE = KKK" stencil when they searched the home.
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Donald Trump's administration used all of their resources to identify the man and put him behind bars."Following Attorney General [Pam] Bondi's leadership, Director [Kash] Patel immediately took steps to have the FBI quickly locate and arrest domestic terrorists attacking Tesla facilities — and we're glad to see the latest operation succeed not just in this effort, but also bring to justice the same alleged attacker of the New Mexico Republican Party from February," FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson said in a statement to the New York Post. "Our FBI teams and law enforcement partners continue to do a tremendous job."
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President Donald Trump has made it explicitly clear he wants to punish the vandals who have targeted Elon Musk's businesses and any right-wing establishments."People that get caught sabotaging Teslas will stand a very good chance of going to jail for up to twenty years and that includes funders. WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!!!" he wrote on Truth Social on March 22. "I look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20-year jail sentences for what they are doing to Elon Musk and Tesla. Perhaps they would serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions."