He says he did it “for the future.” Is he some kind of hyper-radical environmentalist who objects even to solar plants, or who thought that he was ramming his car into a conventional power plant? Or did he do it for a “future” caliphate? There is no information on either possibility in the available news stories.
“Man faces terror charge for damaging power plant outside Las Vegas,” by David Charns, KLAS, January 6, 2023 (thanks to Ken):
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man is facing terror-related charges after police said he rammed his car through a gate at a solar plant outside Las Vegas and set his car on fire, disabling the huge facility, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
Around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Las Vegas Metro police responded to the solar plant on U.S. 93 north of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, sources told the 8 News Now Investigators. Employees at the plant said they found a car smoldering in a generator pit.
The Mega Solar Array facility provides energy to MGM properties but is run by a company called Invenergy.
The driver, later identified as Mohammad Mesmarian, 34, is accused of ramming through a fence and setting the car on fire. The car is registered out of Idaho, documents said.
Police suspect Mesmarian drove through the fence Tuesday afternoon after employees had left for the day. It was not until 12 a.m. Wednesday when video reportedly shows Mesmarian setting the car on fire, documents said.
Mesmarian reportedly watched the car burn, sitting in a chair for about 15 minutes before walking off, documents said.
Investigators also believe Mesmarian siphoned gasoline from his car to put on wires at the transformer, documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained said.
Investigators found an iPhone in the burnt car with an account connected to Mesmarian, documents said. Police also found two laptops.
Police located Mesmarian at a campground Thursday — a day after the fire — in Boulder Beach at Lake Mead. It was unclear how Mesmarian made it from the solar site to Boulder City, a 30-mile drive.
“Mesmarian clarified he burned the Toyota Camry a couple of days ago,” police said. “Mesmarian stayed [sic] he burned the vehicle at a Tesla solar plant and did it ‘for the future.’”…
Police noted numerous recent attacks on power infrastructure in recent months.
Mesmarian faces charges of committing an act of terrorism, arson, destroying or injuring real or personal property of another and escape by a felony prisoner….
An employee at the plant said the fire caused “major damage,” estimating it would take two years to receive replacement parts, police said. The damaged unit remained shut down due to the fire and the plant was not producing electricity, police said….
Court officials said Mesmarian was disruptive before his first court appearance Friday. He did not appear for the hearing. Judge Danial Westmeyer denied bail….
Michael Copeland says
It is an interesting development that the accused has been charged with terrorism. The facility had no-one in it at the time available to be terrorised. In UK law terrorism is defined as needing a political aim. Perhaps authorities in California are beginning to become acquainted with Islamic terrorism methods.
“Police noted numerous recent attacks on power infrastructure in recent months.”
These facilities are essential to modern life. In those far off times of public trust and co-operation when they were installed there was no need to fortify them. Now, however, there is a presence in the land that defines itself as the enemy of the\West. As a result these places are sitting ducks.
There will be more such attacks.
https://gatesofvienna.net/2020/02/attacks-on-utilities/
Dano50 says
There IS one other possibility in this case.
He said he’s doing it for the future, but so far I didn’t see anything about Allah or Islam so – and I’m saying this because I, like every other person who hasn’t swallowed the global warming is b.s., knows solar and wind farms are going to drive us into energy poverty – maybe he just did what a lot of us would like to do when we drive past these products of the Great Reset.
I know I sure would.
Dano50 says
“Like to do it” that is, just to clarify, as the global warming nut jobs have already got most conservatives categorized as terrorists anyway.
Golem2 says
These folks are generally not the brightest bulbs. How the heck do They get into the Country When so many deserving People can’t?