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New details of UMass student arrest after alleged link to Kansas City Cybertruck arson
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A college student from the Kansas City area awaits his return home to face federal charges after two Cybertrucks at a Kansas City Tesla Center were damaged by fire last month.
Federal agents were escorted onto the University of Massachusetts-Boston campus by university police early Friday morning. That is when CBS Boston reports agents arrested Owen McIntire. The 19-year-old from Parkville, Mo. attends college at UMass.
McIntire made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts to face federal charges Friday. His next court hearing is not yet scheduled according to online court records.
UMass said that it will not comment on McIntire’s arrest at this time but will provide resources for students who are alarmed or have questions, according to CBS Boston.
McIntire is charged with one count of unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device and one count of malicious damage by fire of any property used in interstate commerce according to the criminal complaint that was unsealed after McIntire’s arrest.
An affidavit filed in support of the federal criminal complaint said Kansas City, Missouri Police Department officers reported smoke coming from a grey Cybertruck in the KC Tesla Center just after 11:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 17.
KCPD also saw a Molotov cocktail near the burning Cybertruck. The fire from that vehicle spread to another Cybertruck in the parking lot.
The FBI said McIntire committed the crime while home from college on spring break. According to the criminal complaint, investigators used traffic cameras, GPS, cell phone records, history from McIntire’s campus badge access, and surveillance video from cameras at KCI Airport to prove he was in Kansas City at the time of the crime.
The Cybertrucks had sale prices of between $105,000 and $107,500. Two charging stations were also damaged by the fire, each valued at approximately $550.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement if McIntire is convicted of the crimes he faces decades in prison. Blache went on to say federal prosecutors “will not make deals and will not negotiate.”
This is the second person charged with targeting Tesla this week, according to the Justice Department.
Jamison R. Wagner, 40, is charged with federal arson-related crimes. Investigators accuse Wagner of burning two Tesla Model Y vehicles at a Tesla dealership in New Mexico.
The Justice Department charged Wagner on April 14.
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Gage Workman came off the bench and hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot that sent the Detroit Tigers past the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Sunday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
Matt Vierling had a two-run double and Riley Greene reached safely four times as the Tigers prevented a three-game sweep.
Called up hours earlier from Triple-A Toledo when Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder sprain, Workman entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning.
Workman drove a 1-1 slider from Nick Mears (2-2) to right field to give Detroit a 5-3 lead.
Wenceel Pérez added an RBI single in the seventh.
Enmanuel De Jesus (2-0), the fourth of six Tigers pitchers, retired all seven batters he faced. Kenley Jansen struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 483rd career save and seventh this season.
Kansas City lost for only the third time in 10 games.
Hao-Yu Lee’s two-out RBI triple off the outstretched glove of Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone opened the scoring in the second. Zack Short walked and Vierling delivered a two-run double off the left-field wall to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.
In the third, Kansas City greeted reliever Drew Anderson with three straight hits, scoring their first run on a hit-and-run, opposite-field single by Vinnie Pasquantino, and another on Carter Jensen’s sacrifice fly.
In the fourth, Caglianone doubled to left-center and scored the tying run on Maikel Garcia’s third hit, a two-out single to center.
Royals starter Noah Cameron exited after allowing a leadoff hit in the fifth on his 95th pitch. He allowed three runs and five hits with three walks and four strikeouts.
The top three Kansas City batters combined for seven of the team’s eight hits.
Greene has reached base safely in a career-best 21 consecutive games. In 27 games since April 11, he is batting .384 with 13 extra-base hits.
Up next
Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-3, 5.56 ERA) faces Mets RHP Freddy Peralta (2-3, 3.12) on Tuesday night in New York.
Royals RHP Stephen Kolek (1-0, 4.50 ERA) pitches Tuesday in Chicago against White Sox RHP Erick Fedde (0-4, 3.79).
Four teens hurt in southeast Kansas rollover
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Four teenagers are hurt after being in a rollover crash on Sunday.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said a 16-year-old girl was behind the wheel of a Jeep. She went off the road, hit a culvert and rolled.
The crash happened just after midnight near the intersection of North 150th and North streets, northeast of Girard.
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Two 15-year-olds and a 13-year-old were passengers in the Jeep. All four teens were hurt and taken to the hospital after the crash.
The driver received suspected serious injuries, and the rest received suspected minor injuries.
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The Detroit Tigers were beaten by the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Saturday night.
Michael Wacha pitched seven scoreless innings, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an inside-the-park home run on a grounder and Michael Massey had a three-run homer for the Royals, who will go for the series sweep on Sunday night.
Witt hit the ball down the right-field line in the first inning that bounced off the wall and eluded right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Witt motored around the bases and beat the relay throw to the plate for a two-run homer.
It was the Royals’ first inside-the-park home run since Witt did it in August 2023.
Carpenter left the game later with left shoulder soreness.
Wacha (4-2) gave up two hits, walked two and struck out six. It was his longest scoreless outing since throwing eight scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox on April 11.
Burch Smith (0-2) took the loss. He retired only one of the four batters he faced, allowing two runs on three hits in one-third of an inning.
Massey’s homer in the fourth inning came with runners on first and third with two outs. He lined the ball over the right-center field fence for his third homer of the season.
Wacha had at least one strikeout in each of his first four innings. The Tigers loaded the bases in the fifth on a double, a walk and a hit batter, but Wacha got Matt Vierling to ground out to end the inning.
The Tigers scored in the eighth on a two-out double by Riley Greene.
Up next
The teams conclude the three-game series Sunday. The Tigers have not announced a starter, though manager AJ Hinch said it will be a bullpen game. Kansas City will send LHP Noah Cameron (2-2, 5.40 ERA) to the mound.
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