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They're not getting as much media attention these days, but people are still vandalizing Teslas.
Palm Springs Police Chief Tom Ceccarelli says the village had the first such case recently.
"They were at a business. They parked the Cybertruck in front of the business and while they were inside, someone came out and spray painted a black mark across it...just a line. They checked the cameras. We ended up tracing it back to the person and it was an elderly man, probably in his seventies. We questioned him and he just said 'Hey I had seen everyone else doing this, so I thought I would do it too.'"
He ponders whether any thought goes into this crime before it begins.
"They're full of cameras. I don't know why anyone would commit a vandalism knowing that they're going to be filmed throughout it."
Tesla CEO Elon Musk this week told shareholders that he will be stepping back from his DOGE day-to-day operations in May and focusing more on his electric vehicle company.
Musk's work with the Department of Government Efficiency is the reason people who have been vandalizing Teslas give for their actions.
As Brian Mudd has reported, DOGE has saved taxpayers $160 billion, which is 32 percent to Musk's initial goal of a half trillion dollars in savings.