A 24-year-old Discovery Bay man has been charged with hurling a Molotov cocktail into a van parked at the Tesla factory, though police say he was adamant that he didn't know an employee was asleep inside at the time.
According to police, Desterke is a former Tesla employee who was fired last year. He allegedly showed up to the factory in Fremont shortly after midnight on May 21 with two Molotov cocktails.
Police say Desterke is also a suspect in a vandalism incident a week prior in which two dozen cars had their tires slashed. No charges have been filed in connection with that incident, records show.
Desterke was identified as a suspect based on a license plate reader captured a Honda registered to him leaving the scene. He confessed during a police interview but was adamant that he believed the van was unoccupied at the time.
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