Emily Fisher, 50, a former top executive at the Edison Electric Institute, has been charged alongside her husband with allegedly defacing Tesla automobiles in their northeast Washington neighborhood.
The messages written across Tesla vehicle windows using white, bright pink and blue markers taunted Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the prime agent of President Donald Trump’s campaign to shrink the federal government, according to police reports.
The Washington Metropolitan Police issued a statement saying that Fisher’s husband, Justin, 49, formerly with the Government Accountability Office, had turned himself in Tuesday. Emily Fisher then turned herself into police the next day.
Emily Fisher’s attorney, Carrie Crumbaugh Love, and Justin Fisher’s attorney, Joseph Scrofano, issued a statement saying their clients voluntarily came forward and cooperated with the police investigation. “Our understanding is that the allegations in this case involve non-violent and non-destructive conduct that resulted in no property damage. We trust that the government and the court system will treat our clients with fairness and proportionality,” they wrote.
