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A North Carolina sheriff and power company official said
"intentional vandalism" at substations has caused outages for about
40,000 customers expected to last longer than 24 hours.

Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields reported that the mass power
outage across the county is being investigated "as a criminal
occurrence," according to the sheriff’s office's Facebook page.

Just after 7 p.m. on Saturday, several communities across Moore
County began experiencing power outages. As utility companies began
responding to the different substations, "evidence was discovered
that indicated that intentional vandalism had occurred at multiple
sites," the sheriff’s office said.

Moore County sheriff’s deputies and various other law enforcement
agencies within the county responded to the different areas and are
providing further site security, the sheriff’s office added.

The post said anyone with information "about this act of violence"
should contact the Moore County Sheriff’s Office at 910-947-2931.

"As utility companies began responding to the different substations,
evidence was discovered that indicated that intentional vandalism
had occurred at multiple sites," Fields also told WRAL.

WRAL reported that power is not expected to be fully restored until
10 p.m. on Sunday.

Jeff Brooks, with Duke Energy, told WRAL crews are experiencing
"multiple equipment failures" affecting substations in Moore County,
which acts as a border between Piedmont and the Atlantic Coastal
Plain.

"We are also investigating signs of potential vandalism related to
the outages," Brooks said.

WRAL reported that a Duke Energy outage map Saturday evening showed
37,998 customers without power in Moore County. The Randolph
Electric Membership Corporation also counted nearly 3,000 customers
without power in the southern part of the county, according to the
news station.

A Village of Pinehurst police alert instructed residents to stay off
the roads or, if travel could not be avoided, to treat all
intersections as four-way stops. Additional officers were called in
to assist.

<https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-carolina-sheriff-says- intentional-vandalism-substations-caused-power-outages-40k-
customers>

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