Hear this story A federal judge decided to keep the Mesa man accused of setting a Cybertruck on fire and vandalizing a Tesla dealership in late April detained before his trial begins July 1 at 9 a.m. Ian Moses, the 35-year-old accused man, pleaded not guilty in the United States District Court of Arizona on May 2. Magistrate Judge Michael T. Morrissey said he believed Moses was not a flight risk given his lifetime residency in Arizona but that he needed to be detained because he presented a danger to the community. Morrissey said the nature of the crimes alleged were "extremely dangerous," especially given the combustion risk of lithium-ion batteries. The judge said he considered that the alleged crimes took place around 1:40 a.m. outside of business hours, but noted "even seemingly empty buildings" sometimes contained people. During the hearing, U.S. Attorney Raymond Woo noted that while no one was inside the Tesla building at the time of the April 28 attack, the company occasionally has overnight cleaning staff on site. He also emphasized that the fires were set at entryways, locations where people would likely have exited if anyone had been present. The decision for Morrissey on whether to detain or release Moses hinged on two central questions: If released, would he flee and not appear at trial, and would he present a danger to the community? Attorneys for the United States, in a memo pleading for Moses' pretrial detention before the hearing, called the 35-year-old a "serious flight risk and danger to the community." They said his "plan of attack" against Tesla "was meticulously planned out; strongly suggesting he will not comply with court ordered conditions and flee if given the opportunity." Moses' alleged willingness to set fire to a vehicle with a lithium-ion battery, attorneys said, "created an extraordinary risk to anyone who could have been nearby. …" But Moses' attorney Anthony Knowles argued pretrial detention was an unwarranted and "extraordinary measure" given the "wide range of release conditions available to the Court." Knowles said Moses had no criminal history and "demonstrated no behaviors that would suggest his inability or unwillingness to follow the Court’s orders." He has strong ties to Arizona, including family and friends, plus a full-time job as a software engineer, which he relies on to pay his mortgage, Knowles said. At the detention hearing May 2, Moses' grandmother, grandfather, sister and brother-in-law were present. Attorneys for the government sought to dissuade the judge of Moses' family ties, stating that his relationship with his mother and father were minimal and unclear. Woo also pointed out that Moses wasn't married, didn't have kids and worked remotely, increasing his flight risk. Morrissey said he believed Knowles established Moses' family ties, and that the record would reflect his family's presence and support at the hearing. While Moses has a passport, Knowles said the man did not have the financial means to flee and was willing to "voluntarily surrender" the document pending trial. Also in the filing, Knowles said Moses was diagnosed with autism last year and was seeing a therapist biweekly for treatment. Instead of detention, Knowles suggested the judge place Moses in his sister's custody, require an ankle monitoring bracelet and confine him to the home, plus restrict travel to only religious services, medical appointments, legal appointments, court and employment, pending court approval. A grand jury indicted Moses on April 30 on five counts of "malicious damage to a vehicle…by means of fire." Each count, if proven at trial, carries a minimum of 5 years in prison and up to 20 years, U.S. attorneys said. Here's what else you need to know. Who was charged, and for what? Ian Moses, 35, was accused of malicious damage to a vehicle by means of fire in a complaint from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He was also previously arrested on suspicion of setting a Tesla Cybertruck on fire by the Mesa Police Department. Why was he charged? The charges came after law enforcement said they responded to a 2 a.m. call on April 28 related to an emergency at the Tesla dealership on Hampton Avenue and Sossaman Road. When they arrived, officers found a Cybertruck "engulfed in flames" and the misspelled word "theif" spray painted on a building's exterior wall. How did police find Moses? Mesa police said Moses rode up on a bicycle and opened the door to a "suspicious van" parked near the dealership at Southern Avenue and Sossaman Road. Officers arrested Moses after matching him to video footage provided by the Tesla Security Center. What evidence does law enforcement have against Moses? Moses was found wearing a black backpack containing a black mask, a plastic gas can, a lighter and a spray paint can, according to law enforcement. The complaint said he also had a hand-drawn map depicting the dealership as a letter "T." Security footage from Tesla shows a man dressed similarly and using the same materials Moses was carrying.