HONOLULU — A Tesla driver convicted of attacking motorists’ autos with a pipe in Los Angeles County was assaulted by inmates in a Hawaii jail facility after being arrested once more for allegedly assaulting two ladies throughout a highway rage incident in Honolulu, authorities stated.
The incident on the jail occurred shortly earlier than 4:30 p.m. Monday, in line with a spokeswoman for the Hawaii Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
“Nathaniel Radimak was allegedly assaulted by other inmates in a housing unit at the Halawa Correctional Facility,” public info officer Rosemarie Bernardo stated in a press release. “He sustained injuries to his face and torso and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.”
Further info couldn’t be offered as a result of the matter is beneath investigation, the assertion stated.
A photograph obtained by Honolulu’s KITV confirmed Radimak sitting in a wheelchair with bruises on his face.
Radimak’s current arrest comes lower than a 12 months after Nathaniel Radimak was launched from jail for the Southern California highway assaults.
Honolulu police arrested him on Could 8, a day after what police described as a highway rage incident. A girl, 18, was parking her car downtown on Could 7 when she noticed a grey Tesla dashing previous, police stated.
The lady and the Tesla driver “exchanged words” earlier than he received out of the Tesla and assaulted the lady and her mom, 35, who was a passenger, police stated. The Tesla driver then fled.
A person was launched from jail after serving lower than a 12 months of his five-year sentence for a collection of road-rage assaults in SoCal.
Police stated the grey 2022 Tesla had Oregon license plates.
Radimak, 38, was positioned in Waikiki on Could 8 and arrested on suspicion of unauthorized entry right into a motorcar and assault.
It was not clear Friday if Radimak had an legal professional who might touch upon his behalf.
In 2023, California Freeway Patrol arrested Radimak in reference to different assaults he was accused of committing whereas driving a Tesla Mannequin X. The freeway patrol stated the assaults had been recorded on a dashcam video, which confirmed the Tesla didn’t have a rear license plate.
Different drivers got here ahead with accounts of assaults after video of the assaults was shared publicly.