A court released from jail a suspect who allegedly set fire to Tesla vehicles in Kansas City, Missouri, in order to allow the suspect to continue receiving “gender-affirming care.”
Authorities arrested the 19-year-old suspect, identified as Owen McIntire, last month in Boston, after McIntire allegedly set fire to Tesla cybertrucks in March using “Molotov cocktails.” McIntire is a student at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and was visiting family in Kansas City at the time of the incident.
Federal prosecutors charged McIntire with malicious destruction of property and unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm.
Judge Jessica Hedges issued an order setting release conditions, and prosecutors have asked the court to revoke that order.
According to Fox 4 Kansas City, which reviewed the defense’s documents, McIntire’s attorney argued the…
