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NE KS man charged in Tesla vandalism case

By Greg Bebermeyer

03/30/2025

Johnathan Erhart/Credit: Jefferson Co Sheriff's Office

(KNZA)--A northeast Kansas man is accused of intentionally damaging a Tesla in northwest Wichita earlier this month.

The Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office, in a release, said 30-year-old Johnathan Erhart, of Jefferson County, was formally charged Friday with one count of felony criminal damage to property.

The release says the felony charge carries a sentence of 5 to 17 months in prison.

The charge was filed following an investigation by the Wichita Police Department and comes after video footage was released showing a man appearing to scratch a parked Tesla Model X on March 20th in a parking lot outside a Wichita restaurant.

Erhart was arrested Friday on a warrant by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department and booked into the Jefferson County Jail. He was later released after posting a $2,500 bond.

There has been an uptick on attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk's electric-car company since President Trump empowered Musk to oversee the new Department of Government Efficiency that's slashing government spending.

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