Serial road rage Tesla driver Nathanial Radimak, 36, filmed battering car with iron bar on freeway is sentenced to five years in jail for violent attacks
Serial road rage Tesla driver Nathanial Radimak, 36, filmed battering a car with an iron bar on the highway, is sentenced to five years in prison for assault
- Nathaniel Walter Radimak, 36, went on a rampage through Southern California, leading to several felony convictions including criminal threats, vandalism, assault and elder abuse
- The ‘Tesla road rage guy’ was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday
- After Radimak was arrested in connection with one of the attacks, steroids and more than $30,000 in cash were found in his car, prosecutors said.
A California man known as the ‘Tesla Road Rage Guy’ has been sentenced to five years in prison for a series of violent attacks in Southern California.
Tesla driver Nathaniel Walter Radimak, 36, went on a rampage between 2022 and 2023 that led to several convictions for crimes including criminal threats, vandalism, assault and elder abuse.
After Radimak was arrested in connection with one of the attacks, steroids and more than $30,000 in cash were found in his car, prosecutors said.
Videos of the violent attacks went viral on social media, with Radimak repeatedly hitting a Chevy pickup with a pipe on in the southbound lanes of Highway 2 near York Boulevard in Glendale in January.
The Chevy driver captured the disturbing incident on his cell phone, which also showed Radimak returning to his charcoal-colored 2022 Tesla Model
A California man known as the ‘Tesla Road Rage Guy’ has been sentenced to five years in prison for a series of violent attacks on cars in Southern California
Tesla driver Nathaniel Walter Radimak, 36, went on a rampage that led to several felony convictions
“At first you think, ‘Should I pin it to the wall with my car?’ “Should I run him over?” ‘What should I do?’ the driver told KTLA at the time.
“And I tried to stay focused and think, ‘I don’t want to go from victim to criminal overnight.’
Later that day, Radimak allegedly followed a couple from a Pasadena shopping center and almost crashed into their car. Prosecutors said he also hit their vehicle with a metal pole.
Radimak also made headlines after an altercation with a woman and her 93-year-old mother in West Hollywood in June.
She provided photos showing the suspect and a valet driver involved in a violent physical altercation.
At least 10 people told ABC News they had fallen victim to the man’s violent attacks in cities throughout Los Angeles County.
“I just feel like he’s going to come out and be furious, especially since all our names are public, for most of us,” one woman told the outlet.
“I feel like it’s definitely not over yet, especially because five years isn’t enough.”
After Radimak was arrested in connection with one of the attacks, steroids and more than $30,000 in cash were found in his car, prosecutors said.
Radimak has been convicted of criminal threats, vandalism, assault and elder abuse
Another woman encountered Radimak on the 101 Freeway, which also occurred in November.
“He drove around me and came to a complete stop, and this was on a full highway, and just got out of the car and started hitting me,” she said.
“I felt like if I hadn’t gotten away, he would have broken my window.”
Dashcam footage from the unnamed victim’s car led to two of Radimak’s eventual convictions.
“We feel that justice has been served, although we also feel that many of the victims have not been heard,” she told ABC.
Following Radimak’s arrest in February, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon said: ‘The victims in this case were quite terrified by what they experienced, but this reign of terror ends today.
“Los Angeles motorists should not have to fear being attacked while simply driving on the freeway.”
Gascon also asked a judge to deny the then-suspect’s bail application, saying he posed a flight risk and a danger to the community, based on “his lengthy criminal history spanning nearly two decades and spanning multiple states and jurisdictions.”
The president granted the prosecutor’s request, stating that the suspect has had run-ins with the law in eight different states since 2004.
He remains in custody at the Central Prison for Men.