Recently I posted an article about a Minneapolis man who vandalized at least six Teslas. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office decided not to seek criminal charges against the man and instead chose to “seek diversion.” (Article here)
However, on Friday, Legal Insurrection posted an article about how the County Attorney’s Office handled a similar case.
The article reports:
On Monday, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced that it would not seek criminal charges against Dylan Adams, 33, a fiscal policy analyst for Minnesota’s Department of Human Services, who allegedly keyed six Teslas and caused more than $20,000 in damage. According to HCAO, because Adams was a first-time offender, he would instead be placed into a diversion program. He would pay for the cost of the repairs and still be able to keep his job.
At the time of Adams’ arrest, FOX 9 reported that police considered each of the six incidents a felony, noting that the damage to each Tesla exceeded $1,000, meeting the threshold for felony vandalism in every case. (I wrote about this story here.)
…County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s decision to let Adams escape criminal charges sparked shock and indignation among fair-minded Americans.
But when news broke on the very same day that she had charged a 19-year-old woman with a felony for keying a coworker’s car, that indignation turned to outrage. Understandably, the Soros-backed prosecutor now finds herself at the center of a firestorm.
…Like Adams, this young woman has no previous criminal record. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported:
She was charged with first-degree felony property damage on Monday after she allegedly keyed her coworker’s car at the White Castle in Brooklyn Park. The damage to the car was estimated at $7,000. She is due to make her first court appearance in two weeks.
Attorney Mary Moriarty is an elected official. As much as I think she is a totally biased attorney who is not correctly doing the job she was elected to, that decision is up to the voters. Her current term ends in January 2027. It is up to the voters to decide if she will serve another term.