Electric car was at home for 12 hours

The owner of a Tesla left his car charging at a stranger's home for more than 12 hours.Phil Fraumeni has lived on Ardmore Drive in Lake Worth for 20 years. He said he found the white Tesla on his grass Friday morning. "It was plugged into my electric outlet on my house," Fraumeni said. Fraumeni said he waited a few hours, then called police. Deputies learned the electric car was not stolen and tracked down the address of the owner. Fraumeni said a young man and woman showed up his home and the man said he was visiting a friend in the neighborhood when the Tesla battery died. "From what the boy said from midnight the night before, so 12 hours it was charging," Fraumeni said. Fraumeni said he did not press charges against the car owner and did not ask him to reimburse him for the use of electricity.

The owner of a Tesla left his car charging at a stranger's home for more than 12 hours.


Phil Fraumeni has lived on Ardmore Drive in Lake Worth for 20 years.

He said he found the white Tesla on his grass Friday morning.

"It was plugged into my electric outlet on my house," Fraumeni said.

Fraumeni said he waited a few hours, then called police.

Deputies learned the electric car was not stolen and tracked down the address of the owner.

Fraumeni said a young man and woman showed up his home and the man said he was visiting a friend in the neighborhood when the Tesla battery died.

"From what the boy said from midnight the night before, so 12 hours it was charging," Fraumeni said.

Fraumeni said he did not press charges against the car owner and did not ask him to reimburse him for the use of electricity.