A Kansas City resident attending college in Boston made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts on Friday to face federal charges related to an arson attack on a Tesla business in Kansas City, Missouri, last month.

The full affidavit can be read here.

Owen McIntire, 19, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device and one count of malicious damage by fire of property used in interstate commerce, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Western District of Missouri.

The complaintalleges that on March 17, at approximately 11:16 p.m., a Kansas City Police Department officer near the Kansas City Tesla Center observed smoke rising from a grey Cybertruck in the parking lot. The officer also spotted an unbroken Molotov cocktail near the burning vehicle.

The fire spread to a second Cybertruck before the Kansas City Fire Department arrived to extinguish the blaze. The damaged Cybertrucks, valued at $105,485 and $107,485, and two charging stations, each worth about $550, also sustained damage.

According to the affidavit, investigators identified McIntire as a suspect based on cell phone tracking information and surveillance videos that captured his car and likeness.

“Let me be extremely clear to anyone who still wants to firebomb a Tesla property: you will not evade us,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “You will be arrested. You will be prosecuted. You will spend decades behind bars. It is not worth it.”

“Crimes have consequences. The people behind these violent and dangerous attacks on private property will face decades in prison — we will not make deals and we will not negotiate,” said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

“This is the second arrest this week of a suspect charged with targeting Tesla, more proof that the FBI will not stand for these destructive acts,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “These actions are dangerous, they are illegal, and we are going to arrest those responsible. We will work with our partners at the Department of Justice to hold accountable anyone who commits such crimes. I commend our FBI teams in Kansas City and Boston for their work.”

“ATF’s Special Agents and forensic experts recovered and analyzed key evidence—including Molotov cocktails—used in this deliberate and dangerous arson attack,” said Acting Director Dan Driscoll of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. “This wasn’t vandalism — it was a violent criminal act.

“Thanks to the relentless work of ATF special agents, and our close coordination with the FBI and local law enforcement, we now have a suspect in custody. I am committed to ensuring ATF continues to stand on the front lines of public safety. ATF will not tolerate those who incite political violence in our communities.”

Last week, a New Mexico man was arrested for setting fire to a Tesla showroom in Albuquerque, The Dallas Express reported. The suspect in that case, Jamison Wagner, has also been accused of using a Molotov cocktail to set fire to the Republican Party of New Mexico’s main office.

Tesla showrooms and vehicles have been targeted in other locations, including Las Vegas, Nevada, Charleston, South Carolina, Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C. The attacks have spiked in recent months as the owner of the company, Elon Musk, has taken on a prominent role in the Trump adminstration, prompting the FBI to create a special task force to crack down on these types of domestic terrorism.