A man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly vandalized more than a dozen Waymo robotaxis in San Francisco last month, prosecutors said.
SAN FRANCISCO – District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' office announced that 36-year-old Ronaile Joshua Burton of Castro Valley was charged with 17 counts of vandalism with more than $400 in damage. The charges stem from incidents that took place in the city's Tenderloin between June 24 and 26.'The destruction of other people's property will not go unaddressed in San Francisco . People who vandalize property must be held accountable for their actions,' Jenkins said in a statement.
Burton is also accused in another case where he allegedly approached a three-car caravan of Waymo vehicles and slashed tires.The incidents come as Waymo expanded its robotaxi service to all people in San Francisco who downloaded their app. Previously the service was only available to those on a waiting list, which had grown to 300,000 people.Autonomous vehicles have been the targets of vandalism before. In February, a Waymo robotaxi was set on fire in the city's Chinatown.
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