Police in Loveland, Colorado have arrested a suspect in connection with several “offensive and hateful” vandalism incidents involving incendiary devices at the local Tesla dealership. The suspect, who goes by the name Lucy Grace Nelson, is a biological male (formerly Justin Thomas Nelson). The alleged “trantifa” activist was arrested just before midnight on Monday after a weeks long investigation and “incorrectly booked” into the Larimer County Jail as a female, according to the Post Millennial’s Andy Ngo on X.
All the major media outlets, including the Denver Post, CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, CNN, and Fox News, are referring to Nelson as a woman in their reports.
Police launched the investigation on Jan. 29 after they found incendiary devices on the scene of the first vandalism incident, according to a Loveland Police press release.
Investigators said two more incidents occurred at the dealership on Feb. 2 and Feb. 7. Photos and video taken at the dealership after the Feb 7 incident showed several Cybertrucks and other Teslas with red X’s spray painted across the windshields, and graffiti on the building reading “NAZI CAR.” There was also reportedly broken glass in the lot and incendiary devices found at the scene.
Investigators said that Nelson, 42, returned to Tesla dealership Monday evening “while in possession of additional incendiary devices along with materials attributed to vandalism” and that detectives were able to apprehend him before more damage occurred.
The attacks came amid left-wing calls to boycott Tesla to protest what agitators reportedly call “Elon Musk’s moves to destroy our democracy.”
Nelson “has a long history of posts obsessing about fighting fascism and white supremacy,” according to Ngo.
A year ago on Reddit, the trantifa agitator was actively calling for violence against the GOP, Reddit Lies posted on X.
He also used Reddit to groom gender-confused minors, Reddit Lies reported.
Nelson faces the following charges:
CRS 18-12-109(4) Explosives or Incendiary Devices Use During Felony, Class 2 Felony
CRS 18-4-501(1)(4)(d) Criminal Mischief $2,000 < $5,000 Business, Class 6 Felony
CRS 18-2-101(4) Criminal Attempt to Commit Class 3 Felony, Class 4 Felony
Nelson appeared in court on Tuesday and the judge issued a $100,000 surety bond. His next court appearance is scheduled for March 7.
Loveland police said they are working with the Denver Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and that federal charges are likely.
Why does it matter what the claimed sex of an individual is when that person is committing felonies? Lock 'em up and toss the key. Oh, s/he is a “tranny?” Fully “transitioned?” In need of psychiatric care? What ever. Jail time.
The thing that matters is that this person is suffering from a severe psychological disorder. We tend not to hold insane people “responsible” for their crimes, which is an illogical conclusion. Not guilty because insane is illogical. Guilty, because the facts bear out that conclusion, but insane and in need of treatment and segregation from society is a more realistic view of such people.
A man who believes his is or can ever be a woman is certainly insane. That our society is so sick that it entertains any delusion as reality is very dangerous to women everywhere, and to society as a whole, as the deluded man in this story demonstrates.
Over and over, we see what happens when we indulge mentally ill people by catering to their delusions.