A federal judge decided to keep the Mesa man accused of setting a Cybertruck on fire and vandalizing a Tesla dealership in late April detained before his trial begins on July 1 at 9 a.m.
Ian Moses, the 35-year-old accused man, pleaded not guilty in the United States District Court of Arizona on May 2. Magistrate Judge Michael T. Morrissey said he believed Moses was not a flight risk given his lifetime residency in Arizona but that he needed to be detained because he presented a danger to the community. Morrissey said the nature of the crimes alleged were “extremely dangerous,” especially given the combustion risk of lithium-ion batteries.
The judge said he considered that the alleged crimes took place around 1:40 a.m. outside of business hours, but noted “even seemingly empty buildings” sometimes contained people…