{"id":2419631,"date":"2025-04-03T18:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T22:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-this-simpering-coward-and-alleged-vandal-collapse-when-tesla-owner-tracks-him-down\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T22:47:38","slug":"watch-this-simpering-coward-and-alleged-vandal-collapse-when-tesla-owner-tracks-him-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-this-simpering-coward-and-alleged-vandal-collapse-when-tesla-owner-tracks-him-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch This Simpering Coward and Alleged Vandal Collapse When Tesla Owner Tracks Him Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-this-simpering-coward-and-alleged-vandal-collapse-when-tesla-owner-tracks-him-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2419631&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a troubling incident in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a 55-year-old man named Chadd Ritenbaugh was caught allegedly vandalizing a Tesla by carving a swastika into its surface while parked outside a Planet Fitness. The event was recorded by the car&#8217;s surveillance system, which showed Ritenbaugh acting covertly before being confronted. Upon being questioned, he initially dismissed the mark as a &#8220;crayon mark&#8221; and offered to clean it off, but later issued a vague apology, claiming to have &#8220;nothing against&#8221; the vehicle or its owner, only against tesla CEO Elon Musk. Ritenbaugh was charged with criminal mischief,disorderly conduct,and harassment following the incident,which has raised concerns about the growing trend of vandalism against electric vehicles and the motivations behind such acts. His attorney stated that Ritenbaugh is a dedicated father <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-ram-3-5-trillion-budget-through-with-no-republican-votes\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats Ram .5 Trillion Budget Through With No Republican Votes\">undergoing cancer treatment<\/a>, reserving further comment pending the case&#8217;s outcome. The incident reflects a broader disturbing behavior among certain individuals targeting Tesla owners due to perceived connections with Musk.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oddball leftists routinely engage in anti-social behavior, but a recent spate of attacks on Teslas may have ensnared a new cohort.<\/p>\n<p>Chadd Ritenbaugh, 55, who appeared to be an average middle-aged man, was allegedly caught in the act of carving a swastika into another person&rsquo;s Tesla at a Doylestown, Pennsylvania, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/smack-woman-trying-protect-girl-male-planet-fitness-womens-room-gets-last-laugh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planet Fitness<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/01\/us-news\/tesla-owner-confronts-elon-musk-hater-who-allegedly-scrawled-swastika-on-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>In footage captured by the vehicle&rsquo;s sentry camera, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kid-rock-steps-up-in-a-big-way-to-help-marine-vet-charged-in-subway-death-mr-penny-is-a-hero\/\" title=\"Kid Rock Steps Up in a Big Way to Help Marine Vet Charged in Subway Death: &#039;Mr. Penny Is a Hero&#039;\">man police identified<\/a> as Ritenbaugh was seen exiting his vehicle, which was parked next to the Tesla, and using something to mark up the electric vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The video of the incident was d on social media platform X Friday by influencer Collin Rugg, who claimed the alleged vandal is the owner of a car service in the upscale Bucks County area.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: 55-year-old Chadd Ritenbaugh busted for allegedly carving a swastika on a Tesla outside of Planet Fitness in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-Semite was seen sneaking around the car, not realizing it was recording him the whole time.<\/p>\n<p>According to what appears to be&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kbcXR8FhVY\">pic.twitter.com\/kbcXR8FhVY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1905727137434542131?\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, when confronted, the alleged perpetrator&rsquo;s steely resolve as a member of the resistance against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-responds-report-elon-musk-will-leave-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>, Telsa CEO and leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, dissolved completely.<\/p>\n<p>In a video of that exchange, the man first claimed that the swastika was nothing more than a crayon mark and offered to &ldquo;wipe it off with a towel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The person filming the video continued to press him about the markings and repeatedly asked if what he had drawn was indeed a swastika.<\/p>\n<p>While the accused vandal never confirmed it, he eventually offered a mealy-mouthed apology for his &ldquo;misguided&rdquo; actions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry. I have nothing against your car, and I have nothing against you,&rdquo; the man said, with his face locked in a hangdog expression.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Obviously, I have something against Elon Musk,&rdquo; he adds.<\/p>\n<p>In a final feeble attempt to excuse his actions, the man claimed he &ldquo;did not intend to do this,&rdquo; as if he crouched and scrawled on another person&rsquo;s car completely by accident.<\/p>\n<p>Rugg d the video of that exchange on Monday, though it&rsquo;s unclear how much time elapsed between the incident and the confrontation. It&rsquo;s also unknown whether the man filming the video was the vehicle&rsquo;s co-owner (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/03\/28\/bucks-county-tesla-elon-musk-doylestown-planet-fitness-chadd-ritenbaugh-vandalism-car-swastika-crime\/82649395007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PhillyBurbs.com<\/a> reported it was a woman whose Tesla had been marked up).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Man confronted after drawing a swastika on a Tesla, tries offering the man &ldquo;free service&rdquo; through his car service company.<\/p>\n<p>How kind of him!<\/p>\n<p>The man appears to be 55-year-old Chadd Ritenbaugh who was busted last week for allegedly carving a swastika on a Tesla in Bucks&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/38kPcMAslB\">pic.twitter.com\/38kPcMAslB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1906718121685385423?\">March 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bucks.crimewatchpa.com\/centralbucksregionalpd\/17396\/cases\/criminal-mischief-tesla-vehicle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central Bucks Regional Police Department<\/a> said they quickly identified Ritenbaugh from the Tesla sentry footage and his Planet Fitness membership. They charged the suspect with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, and two counts of harassment.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/pennsylvania\/tesla-vandalism-bucks-county-chadd-ritenbaugh-swastika-elon-musk-20250329.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a> contacted Ritenbaugh&rsquo;s attorney, Paul Lang, for comment after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ice-arrests-man-middle-trial-irate-judge-holds-ice-agent-contempt-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My client is a proud father, longtime resident, and is currently undergoing cancer treatment,&rdquo; Lang told the news outlet via text message.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will reserve further comment pending the outcome of the case,&rdquo; Lang added.<\/p>\n<p>While there&rsquo;s no shortage of the usual suspects committing these crimes against Teslas &mdash; garden-variety weirdos and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chilling-trend-shows-tesla-terrorists-now-know-exactly-many-came\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gender confused<\/a> &mdash; there are also people who appear to be otherwise normal initiating these attacks.<\/p>\n<p>In another video, Fox News host Sean Hannity and others d widely on X, a woman scratched something into the side of a Tesla as one of the two school-aged children accompanying her flipped the middle finger at the camera.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This mother vandalized a Tesla right in front of her children in Arden Hills, MN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qpheXNR0D0\">pic.twitter.com\/qpheXNR0D0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean Hannity &#127482;&#127480; (@seanhannity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/1907772450852446562?\">April 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of all the social contagions that have ripped through the progressive population, this one is most unsettling because of the ease with which people have been programmed to so flippantly destroy others&rsquo; property.<\/p>\n<p>While it&rsquo;s quite entertaining to see an accused vandal become a simpering coward when confronted, his spinelessness underscores how this is not the usual sociopath with a devil-may-care attitude about racking up criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>He is an otherwise nondescript guy who seems nervous about getting in trouble, even if he&rsquo;s not exactly remorseful for his alleged actions.<\/p>\n<p>This is concerning in the big picture, as it points to a malignancy spreading among those on the left.<\/p>\n<p>Something has snapped in their brains to cause them to (allegedly, of course) damage a stranger&rsquo;s property to punish Musk, who is several degrees removed from the consumers who drive his Teslas.<\/p>\n<p>People like these Tesla vandals wrongly believe that etching a swastika into a car already purchased from Musk&rsquo;s company &mdash; many of whom likely did so over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/electric-vehicles-create-hazardous-situation-la-fire-cleanup-delay-homeowners-return-properties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environmental concerns<\/a> &mdash; will impact the world&rsquo;s richest man.<\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;re not even entirely sure whether they hate him because he&rsquo;s rich, because he&rsquo;s cutting government spending, or because the media told them Musk was giving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shock-harris-walz-apparently-nazis-videos-seem-show-making-elon-gesture-maybe-really-harmless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazi<\/a> salutes.<\/p>\n<p>Something dark and disturbing is happening in the minds of these people that&rsquo;s causing them to commit random crimes &mdash; and these latest examples represent just a couple of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">countless gullible cowards apparently caught<\/a> up in it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Chadd Ritenbaugh, 55, who seemed like an ordinary middle-aged individual, was reportedly caught vandalizing another person&#8217;s Tesla by carving a swastika into it at a Planet Fitness in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, according to the New York Post. Surveillance footage from the vehicle&#8217;s sentry camera showed Ritenbaugh exiting his car parked next to the Tesla and using an object to deface the electric vehicle. Influencer Collin Rugg shared the video on social media platform X on Friday, claiming that Ritenbaugh owns a car service in the affluent Bucks County area.<\/p>\n<p>When confronted about his actions, Ritenbaugh&#8217;s bravado as part of a resistance against Elon Musk\u2014Tesla&#8217;s CEO\u2014quickly faded. In footage of their exchange, he initially dismissed the swastika as merely crayon marks and offered to clean it off with a towel. Despite not confirming what he had drawn when pressed further about whether it was indeed a swastika, he eventually issued an insincere apology for his &#8220;misguided&#8221; behavior: \u201cI\u2019m sorry. I have nothing against your car or you,\u201d he said with an apologetic demeanor before adding that he had issues with Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>In one last feeble attempt at justification for his actions, he claimed that it was unintentional\u2014as if crouching down and marking someone else&#8217;s car could happen by accident. The video of this confrontation was also shared by Rugg on Monday; however, it&#8217;s unclear how much time passed between the incident and this confrontation or if the person filming was co-owner of the vehicle (PhillyBurbs.com reported that it was actually a woman whose Tesla had been vandalized).<\/p>\n<p>The Central Bucks Regional Police Department quickly identified Ritenbaugh through both surveillance footage from Tesla\u2019s cameras and his membership at Planet Fitness. He has been charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, and two counts of harassment. Afterward, Philadelphia Inquirer reached out to Ritenbaugh\u2019s attorney Paul Lang for comments regarding this incident; Lang stated via text message that \u201cMy client is a proud father and longtime resident currently undergoing cancer treatment,\u201d adding they would refrain from further comments until after legal proceedings conclude.<\/p>\n<p>While there are familiar faces behind these crimes against Teslas\u2014typical oddballs\u2014the recent incidents also involve seemingly normal individuals engaging in such acts. In another instance captured on video shared widely by Fox News host Sean Hannity on X platform shows a woman scratching something into another Tesla while her school-aged child made obscene gestures towards the camera.<\/p>\n<p>This trend among progressives is particularly alarming because it highlights how easily some individuals can be influenced into wantonly damaging others&#8217; property without regard for consequences or rationale behind their actions\u2014even if they later show signs of nervousness when confronted about their behavior rather than exhibiting true remorse over what they&#8217;ve done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2419632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tesla-Vandal-confronted.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16926,4901,6734,16384,33462],"class_list":["post-2419631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cowardice","tag-justice","tag-tesla","tag-vandalism","tag-viral-video"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tesla-Vandal-confronted.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419631"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419635,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419631\/revisions\/2419635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2419632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}