Serial road rage suspect arrested after being filmed getting out of his Tesla with pipe and striking car
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Serial road rage suspect is arrested after he was filmed getting out of his Tesla with a pipe and hitting victim’s car: Cops say he attacked another driver the same day
- Nathaniel Radimak had become the terror of Southern California drivers when he stopped his Tesla multiple times to hijack vehicles with a metal pipe.
- The California Highway Patrol announced his arrest Monday in connection with TWO incidents of road rage that occurred on January 11.
- He is currently being held on $5 million bail.
A man in a Tesla that has been terrorizing parts of Southern California with outbursts of road rage was arrested Sunday night by the California Highway Patrol.
The lunatic electric vehicle driver had previously made headlines after being linked to several vehicle attacks that occurred on Southern California freeways, including one in June in West Hollywood that involved an altercation between the man and a woman who I was in the car with her 93 year old. old mother.
The suspected road rage addict has been identified as 36-year-old Nathaniel Radimak. He was booked and is being held on $5 million bail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, as well as two outstanding warrants for his arrest.
He is allegedly responsible for a handful of attacks in the Los Angeles area that always involved him getting out of his Tesla with a metal pipe and approaching a vehicle before hitting the doors and windows, then getting back into his car and driving away.
The footage shows Radimak jumping out of his black Tesla Model X and approaching several other vehicles with a metal tube which he proceeds to use to beat the cars, before getting back into his car and shooting off.
Police say Radimak is responsible for at least two such incidents that occurred on January 11.
In one of the incidents, the man was captured on video jumping out of his black Tesla Model X and running towards the victim’s car before hitting it multiple times with the pipe.
The victim in that specific incident said she started recording after seeing the Tesla driver behaving erratically and pointing at another victim before focusing on him.
The victim, who remained anonymous when speaking to local media about the encounter, said: “At first you think: ‘Should I pin it to the wall with my car?’ ‘Should I run him over?’ ‘That I have to do?’
“And I tried to stay focused and think, ‘I don’t want to go from victim to criminal in an instant.'”
Video of the incident captured Radimk stopping his Tesla next to a white sedan on the shoulder of a freeway exit.
He then gets out of his car and runs towards it, attempting to hit it before the sedan speeds away.
“He goes back to his car and realizes I’m recording him, so he follows me,” the victim continued.
“At some point, he cuts me off, hits the brakes and starts hitting my car,” the victim said. in January, when he was still hoping an arrest was imminent.
CHP arrested Nathanial Radimak on Sunday after connecting him to a series of road rage incidents in the Southern California area.
Radimak apparently attempted the same criminal trick one or more times.
Once in custody, Radimak’s name was linked to several outstanding warrants for his arrest and a history of alleged domestic abuse and other crimes.
CHP authorities said several tips and dash cam video led to Radimak’s eventual arrest.
He WeHo Times he unearthed Radimak’s previous run-ins with the law and discovered that the hot-tempered man has an extensive history with the law.
In 2022, there were two reports of domestic violence against the same woman.
In 2021, there is a charge of ‘possession for sale of methamphetamine’.
And in 2017, there are two vandalism charges to his name.