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Snopes: Tesla rumor claiming mugshot shows man crying after arrest for vandalizing dealership is false
Please note that Snopes uses the "miscaptioned" euphemism for garden variety disinformation.________________________________________________
Source: Snopes
Tesla rumor claiming mugshot shows man crying after arrest for vandalizing dealership is false
Online users shared the mugshot as a meme amid a flurry of news about the electric vehicle maker in early 2025.
By Jordan Liles
Published March 27, 2025
Claim:
A photo authentically shows a mugshot of a man crying following an arrest for vandalizing a Tesla dealership.
Rating:
Miscaptioned
A rumor that users shared online in March 2025 claimed a photo showed a mugshot of a man arrested for vandalizing a Tesla dealership. The mugshot displayed a label for the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department in Wisconsin.
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However, the arrest of the man depicted in the mugshot had nothing to do with vandalizing a Tesla dealership, nor did his arrest occur in 2025. That man's arrest, occurring on May 28, 2016, in Sheboygan, ...
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Read more: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tesla-mugshot-vandalized-dealership/