Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has declined to file charges against the vandal who was captured on video damaging multiple Tesla vehicles in Minneapolis over a week-and-a-half in late March.
Dylan Bryan Adams, 33, who is a State of Minnesota employee with the Department of Human Services, was booked into custody last week and held for a day before being released “pending charges.”
However, Alpha News learned on Monday that Adams would not be charged in the felony-level spree that caused over $21,000 in damages to at least six vehicles but would instead be placed into a “diversion” program in lieu of being charged.
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Adams, who is also reportedly a MAPE union steward, may have been on the taxpayer clock when some of the vandalism occurred. At least one of the surveillance videos provided by the Minneapolis Police Department showed a time stamp of Monday, March 24, just after 2 p.m., during typical working hours.
In a press conference about the arrest last week, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara went into detail praising the work of the veteran MPD investigator who put the pieces together on the vandalism case and tracked down Adams for identification and made the arrest.
Chief O’Hara provided a statement expressing frustration about Moriarty’s decision not to charge:
“The Minneapolis Police Department did its job. It identified and investigated a crime trend, identified, and arrested a suspect, and presented a case file to the Hennepin County Attorney Office for consideration of charges. This case impacted at least six different victims and totaled over $20,000 in damages. Any frustration related to the charging decision of the Hennepin County Attorney should be directed solely at her office. Our investigators are always frustrated when the cases they poured their hearts into are declined. In my experience, the victims in these cases often feel the same.”
The attacks on Tesla dealerships and individual vehicles is a nationwide issue that goes beyond simple property damage and into the realm of political violence. The U.S. Department of Justice under U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has federally charged several people in connection to damage and arson at Tesla properties, calling the incidents “nothing short of domestic terrorism.”
Adams’ Tesla vandalism spree began the same day that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made controversial comments disparaging Elon Musk and Tesla, which Musk owns, at a Wisconsin event on March 18. Musk has been acting as an advisor to President Donald Trump in the areas of government waste and efficiency, and has become a target of Democrats.
Tim Walz roots for Tesla to fail: pic.twitter.com/qA7b8wzR26
— Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) March 19, 2025
The Department of Human Services on Monday told Alpha News in a statement that it is reviewing the matter of Adams’ arrest and that “State employees are expected to follow our code of conduct and hold themselves to the highest ethical standards through their words and actions.”
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