A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered a 26-year-old Buffalo Grove resident charged with vandalizing a local Tesla showroom to “stay away from all Tesla properties.”
During a hearing at the county courthouse in Rolling Meadows, Judge Ellen Mandeltort also warned Erin L. White that she will be jailed if she violates those and other conditions of her release.
White is charged with criminal damage to property, a Class 4 felony, and misdemeanor criminal trespass to property stemming from an estimated $9,000 in damage done March 14 to the Tesla facility in the 900 block of Dundee Road in Buffalo Grove. The felony charge is punishable by up to three years in prison, though probation also is possible.
Buffalo Grove police responded to a report of vandalism about 4:08 p.m. March 14, according to Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Kristina Lucas. A witness traveling west on Dundee Road reported seeing a woman spray-painting political statements on the showroom’s windows, Lucas said. Another witness pulled into the lot and captured the incident on the vehicle’s dashboard camera.
Police recovered four cans of spray paint and a receipt from a home improvement store, Lucas said. White later told police she purchased the items and admitted to the vandalism. White, who has no criminal background, is scheduled to return to court May 2.