Federal magistrate grants pretrial release to Tesla firebombing suspect despite objections

A Salem man accused of attempting to firebomb a Tesla dealership in January and then returning about a month later to fire a rifle into the showroom won pretrial release Wednesday.

But Adam Lansky, 41, will remain in jail until 5 p.m. Thursday, allowing a federal prosecutor to challenge the decision before another judge.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Parakram Singh said the government believes Lansky remains a danger, considering his alleged attacks at the Salem Tesla dealership involved making and throwing Molotov cocktails and firing dozens of bullets from an AR-15-style rifle…

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