CRIME BLOTTER

‘Millionaire’ fitness coach charged for keying Tesla in viral ‘road rage’ incident in Issaquah

Mar 27, 2025, 6:49 AM | Updated: 2:45 pm

tesla keyed in Issaquah...

Screenshot of dashcam video obtained by Jonathan Choe of woman confronting a Tesla driver in the vehicle before keying it. (Screenshot courtesy of Jonathan Choe)

(Screenshot courtesy of Jonathan Choe)

An Issaquah woman reportedly caught keying a Tesla during a parking lot confrontation has been identified as a fitness coach allegedly worth millions of dollars.

Kamelia Enzler, 55, is facing potential charges of third-degree malicious mischief after she was filmed vandalizing another driver’s Tesla Model Y on March 20 at the Issaquah Commons shopping center, according to the Issaquah Police Department (IPD), as reported by the Daily Mail. (Update: the Issaquah City Prosecutor has clarified to MyNorthwest that the charges have not yet officially been filed, but it’s anticipated to happen on Friday.)

“IPD has now contacted the victim and confirmed that the altercation stemmed from a road rage incident which occurred on March 20, 2025 around 3:30 p.m., not the politically motivated attacks that have previously targeted Teslas and their owners,” IPD stated on social media.

Independent journalist Jonathan Choe originally posted the now-viral video.

The Tesla driver had a child in the back seat of the car when the incident occurred, which police say started with Enzler, driving a Toyota 4Runner, flipping the Tesla driver off before exiting her car, yelling at the driver, and eventually keying the Tesla.

Enzler owns a fitness company called iPeak Fitness, while her husband is a lead software engineer.

Attacks against Tesla on the rise

Tesla owners have been victims of attacks, vandalism, and harassment since the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, became the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with the Trump administration.

Locally, six Teslas at a dealership in Lynnwood were vandalized with swastikas and profane language directly related to Elon Musk. In another instance, a man was seen pouring gasoline on the hood of a white Tesla and setting it on fire in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

According to the Justice Department, which is vowing to charge people for vandalizing or destroying Tesla vehicles, one suspect threw eight Molotov cocktails at a dealership in Salem, Oregon, while another suspect attempted to light Teslas on fire with Molotov cocktails in Loveland, Colorado. A third person “wrote profane messages against President Trump around Tesla charging stations before lighting the charging stations on fire” in Charleston, South Carolina.

The car brand has even become a target internationally, as four Teslas were torched in Berlin, Germany.

Last weekend, demonstrators gathered outside a Tesla dealership on Highway 99 in Lynnwood. Similar protests occurred in Virginia, Tennessee, New York City, and Florida.

Crime Blotter

Pierce County man sentenced child sex crimes...

Regan Gallo-Fenz

Pierce County man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for child sex crimes

A Pierce County man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after attempting to arrange the sexual abuse of children and producing child sexual abuse material, federal prosecutors announced.

14 hours ago

Grays Harbor...

KIRO 7 News Staff

Grays Harbor deputies seek information about deadly hit-and-run near Satsop

The Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help after a 53-year-old man was found dead along a road near Satsop last week.

1 day ago

Bite of Seattle shooting video...

Frank Lenzi

Seattle police seek video of Bite of Seattle shooting that killed 3

Seattle police are asking for video of the July 26 Bite of Seattle shooting that killed 3 people and wounded five outside the Seattle Center Armory.

1 day ago

marine arrest...

James Lynch

Active-duty Marine at Naval Base Kitsap arrested after alleged attempted kidnapping in Silverdale

An active-duty Marine was arrested after a 12-year-old girl reported that a man grabbed her while she was walking home from school in Silverdale.

1 day ago

Sky Metalwala...

James Lynch

15 years later, investigators still seek answers in toddler Sky Metalwala’s disappearance

It has been 15 years since Sky Metalwala’s disappearance.

1 day ago

Microsoft amsterdam protest...

Mike Corder and Suman Naishadham

Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam as Europe’s backlash spreads

Protesters broke into a construction site for a new Microsoft data center in Amsterdam on Friday, with some climbing a crane and setting off flares.

1 day ago

‘Millionaire’ fitness coach charged for keying Tesla in viral ‘road rage’ incident in Issaquah