DENVER (TNND) — Two men in Colorado face serious federal charges after a series of violent, destructive attacks on a Tesla dealership in Loveland that involved incendiary devices, Molotov cocktails, and disturbing acts of vandalism.
Cooper Jo Frederick, 24, from Fort Collins, was arrested on March 14, following an extensive investigation into multiple attacks on the Loveland Tesla dealership, located at 1606 N. Lincoln Avenue. The charges against him are as shocking as the crimes themselves: the use of explosives or incendiary devices during a felony, possession of such devices, second-degree arson, and criminal mischief.
Frederick’s arrest comes after a March 7 incident, where he is accused of igniting an incendiary device and hurling it at the dealership, narrowly missing several parked vehicles. The device landed between two cars, creating a fire that put lives at risk, Loveland police said. A quick-thinking officer on the scene was able to extinguish the flames before any serious injuries occurred. Rocks were also thrown damaging both the building and multiple vehicles.
This wasn’t an isolated event. Over the last two months, Frederick had targeted the Tesla dealership multiple times…