Kansas City Man Charged in Tesla Arson Case Involving Molotov Cocktails

The case marks the second Tesla-related arrest this week as a federal task force targets rising threats against the Elon Musk-led automaker.

The seal of the FBI hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau's headquarters in Washington on March 9, 2007. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A Kansas City man attending college in Boston has been arrested and charged in federal court for allegedly firebombing two Tesla Cybertrucks at a dealership in Missouri last month using homemade incendiary devices.

Owen McIntire, 19, was taken into custody in Boston and made his initial appearance in Massachusetts federal court on April 18, according to a statement Friday from the Justice Department.