A person who attacked quite a few motorists in Southern California all through 2022 and early 2023 has been sentenced to 5 years in jail for his crimes.
The person, 36-year-old Nathaniel Walter Radimak, first got here throughout our radar in February when movies went viral of him attacking motorists with a pipe whereas driving his Tesla Mannequin X. He shortly turned often known as the ‘Tesla highway rage man’ and was arrested by the California Freeway Patrol on January 11. He was convicted on felony counts together with felony threats, vandalism, assault, and elder abuse.
Radimak allegedly terrorized a minimum of 10 individuals in separate incidents all through California throughout a collection of violent highway rage assaults. One in every of them occurred on the 101 Freeway final November and was caught on dashcam, footage that will show pivotal in figuring out the person and getting him convicted.
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On this assault, the 36-year-old compelled a feminine driver to tug over earlier than approaching with a pipe and hitting her automobile a number of occasions. “He went round me and utterly stopped, and this was on a full freeway, and simply bought out of the automobile and began hitting me,” the driving force instructed ABC 7. “I felt if I didn’t get away, he would have cracked my window.”
Whereas Radimak will likely be spending the subsequent 5 years behind bars, there are some who suppose he ought to be locked up for longer. Certainly, a few of the alleged victims talked about within the felony grievance didn’t get convictions. Various different alleged victims additionally assert that their circumstances had been by no means submitted to the district lawyer’s workplace.
One sufferer, recognized solely as Garcia, additionally expressed concern about how Radimak might act when he will get out of jail.
“I simply really feel like he’s going to get out and be infuriated, particularly since all our names are out in public report, for almost all of us,” she mentioned.
