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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan drives car into Invenergy Solar power plant
https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/man-faces-terror-charge-for-damaging-power-plant-outside-las-vegas/LAS VEGAS (KLAS) A man is facing terror-related charges after police said he rammed his car through a gate at a solar plant outside Las Vegas and set his car on fire, disabling the huge facility, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
Around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Las Vegas Metro police responded to the solar plant on U.S. 93 north of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, sources told the 8 News Now Investigators. Employees at the plant said they found a car smoldering in a generator pit.
The Mega Solar Array facility provides energy to MGM properties but is run by a company called Invenergy.
The driver, later identified as Mohammad Mesmarian, 34, is accused of ramming through a fence and setting the car on fire. The car is registered out of Idaho, documents said.
A man is facing terror-related charges after police said he broke into a solar energy facility and set his car on fire. (KLAS)
Police suspect Mesmarian drove through the fence Tuesday afternoon after employees had left for the day. It was not until 12 a.m. Wednesday when video reportedly shows Mesmarian setting the car on fire, documents said.
Mesmarian reportedly watched the car burn, sitting in a chair for about 15 minutes before walking off, documents said...
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Man drives car into Invenergy Solar power plant (Original Post)
blogslug
Jan 2023
OP
So Mohammed is a terrorist, but the white guys who shot up and disabled
Liberal In Texas
Jan 2023
#2
SunSeeker
(51,728 posts)1. Wow. That is creepy. nt
Liberal In Texas
(13,581 posts)2. So Mohammed is a terrorist, but the white guys who shot up and disabled
numerous power stations are just criminals.
Got it.
Response to Liberal In Texas (Reply #2)
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Takket
(21,635 posts)6. isn't this just "vandalism"? that's what the media is calling the attacks on substations
OAITW r.2.0
(24,641 posts)3. Lemme guess, he likes oil
hates solar and votes Republican....amirite?
Eko
(7,364 posts)5. I wonder if that was his lowest point.
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)7. Maybe it's that they spelled MAGA wrong
Mega Solar Array facility