COLLETTSVILLE, N.C. — A 67-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday for damaging a man’s Tesla Cybertruck at a park in Collettsville.
Caldwell County deputies say Karen Lewis used a board with nails hammered into it to scratch a man’s Cybertruck on Sunday.
The owner of the vehicle, Jason Hooper, reported her to the police after the truck caught Lewis on video.
Hooper told Channel 9’s Dave Faherty he is an avid bicycle rider and had gone to the park over the weekend before riding in the northern foothills with a friend. When he returned, he said he saw a woman approaching his truck with the board and nails.
“I just couldn’t believe it was actually happening,” Hooper said. “We had all the craziness with Teslas when Elon was part of DOGE and all that stuff, but I thought we had kind of gotten past that, and I had made it through unscathed. It was just kind of just shocking.”
Lewis was charged with misdemeanor damage to property and placed in the Caldwell County Detention Center under a $1,000 secured bond. She has since been released.
Hooper said he had never met Lewis before the incident.
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