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SunSeeker

(55,730 posts)
Wed May 14, 2025, 11:53 PM 10 hrs ago

Tesla driver convicted in SoCal attacks is assaulted by inmates in Hawaii after arrest for road rage

A Tesla driver convicted of attacking motorists' vehicles with a pipe in Los Angeles County was assaulted by inmates in a Hawaii prison facility after being arrested again for allegedly assaulting two women during a road rage incident in Honolulu, authorities said.

"Nathaniel Radimak was allegedly assaulted by other inmates in a housing unit at the Halawa Correctional Facility," public information officer Rosemarie Bernardo said in a statement. "He sustained injuries to his face and torso and was taken to a local hospital for treatment."

Honolulu police arrested him on May 8, a day after what police described as a road rage incident. A woman, 18, was parking her vehicle downtown on May 7 when she saw a gray Tesla speeding past, police said. The woman and the Tesla driver "exchanged words" before he got out of the Tesla and assaulted the woman and her mother, 35, who was a passenger, police said. The Tesla driver then fled.

Radimak's recent arrest comes less than a year after Nathaniel Radimak was released from prison for the Southern California road attacks.

https://abc7.com/post/tesla-driver-nathaniel-radimak-assaulted-inmates-hawaii-prison-arrest-road-rage/16417302/

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Hekate

(97,586 posts)
4. He was sentenced to 5 years in California, &served less than a year. Needs to spend much longer...
Thu May 15, 2025, 12:37 AM
9 hrs ago

…behind bars, for real — he’s a menace to society.

Hekate

(97,586 posts)
2. No mess wit' the locals, brah, especially in a confined facility like a prison
Thu May 15, 2025, 12:29 AM
9 hrs ago

“Road rage”? Lead pipes? Assaulting 2 women who objected to him?
What the hell’s wrong with him?
Whatever, it sure looks like he may have gotten the fight he’s been looking for all this time.

SunSeeker

(55,730 posts)
11. Yup. All the local said to him was to slow down, and that set him off.
Thu May 15, 2025, 01:35 AM
8 hrs ago

He did a u-turn, came back and punched her in the face.

Hekate

(97,586 posts)
14. Well I was thinking more of his encounter with the men in the jail, where he got the smackdown...
Thu May 15, 2025, 03:36 AM
6 hrs ago

Seems that this jerk’s pattern is to violently go after women — he’s really on a hair-trigger at all times.

LudwigPastorius

(12,406 posts)
5. I am generally against 'prison justice', but after clicking through and seeing the video of this guy...
Thu May 15, 2025, 12:46 AM
9 hrs ago

punching an 18 year old woman and her mother, I'll just say...

Assaulted by inmates in Hawaii? Ahh...that's a shame.

Hekate

(97,586 posts)
6. Took a swing at another woman in a gym in Hawai'i -- for walking past the machine he was using
Thu May 15, 2025, 12:54 AM
9 hrs ago

Cussed her out, and when she said she wasn’t going to be talked to like that he took a swing at her. She started recording w her phone because she was scared by his behavior — later at home she did a facial recognition search and came up with the *hole’s abundant record in California and Hawai’i, so made sure to report her encounter.

He is on a hair-trigger at all times, seemingly, and really has it in for women.

tishaLA

(14,627 posts)
7. The photo of him post-attack is pretty grisly
Thu May 15, 2025, 01:14 AM
9 hrs ago

Just do a Google image search because I don't want to post it here. He got the shit beat out of him.

"I really don't care. Do you?"

ShazzieB

(20,627 posts)
12. Thanks for not posting that here!
Thu May 15, 2025, 01:55 AM
8 hrs ago

I mean that most sincerely. I have no desire to see that pic; in fact, I have an active desire to NOT see it. I would have been quite upset if something like that popped up when I was scrolling through the replies.

Content warnings are great, but not posting certain kinds of content is sometimes an even better choice, imo.

sheshe2

(92,001 posts)
13. Toss the key for a decade or more.
Thu May 15, 2025, 02:11 AM
8 hrs ago

That man is waaaay out of control and seems to have a huge issue with women.

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