Burglars in Tacoma, Washington, vandalized three power stations on Christmas morning, leaving about 14,000 customers without electricity, in keeping with police.
At about 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a burglary on the Tacoma Public Utilities Substation on forty sixth Avenue.
When deputies arrived, an announcement from the department read, they saw evidence that a fenced area was broken into. While nothing was taken from the substation, police said equipment was vandalized, causing an influence outage in the realm.
One other burglary was reported later that morning at a Tacoma Public Utilities substation on 224th Street, again with forced entry and damage to the equipment, and nothing stolen from the scene.
At 11:25 a.m. a 3rd burglary was reported by Puget Sound Energy of an influence outage and burglary that occurred at about 2:40 a.m.
Deputies said the third scene was broken into as well, and the equipment was vandalized.
Because of this of the burglaries and vandalism that took place, 14,000 Tacoma residents were without power on Sunday morning.
The web site poweroutage.us reported just before 7 p.m. on Sunday that only 2,084 Tacoma Public Utilities customers and 1,365 Puget Sound Energy customers were without power.
All three burglaries remain under investigation, and suspects haven’t been apprehended.
Burglars in Tacoma, Washington, vandalized three power stations on Christmas morning, leaving about 14,000 customers without electricity, in keeping with police.
At about 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a burglary on the Tacoma Public Utilities Substation on forty sixth Avenue.
When deputies arrived, an announcement from the department read, they saw evidence that a fenced area was broken into. While nothing was taken from the substation, police said equipment was vandalized, causing an influence outage in the realm.
One other burglary was reported later that morning at a Tacoma Public Utilities substation on 224th Street, again with forced entry and damage to the equipment, and nothing stolen from the scene.
At 11:25 a.m. a 3rd burglary was reported by Puget Sound Energy of an influence outage and burglary that occurred at about 2:40 a.m.
Deputies said the third scene was broken into as well, and the equipment was vandalized.
Because of this of the burglaries and vandalism that took place, 14,000 Tacoma residents were without power on Sunday morning.
The web site poweroutage.us reported just before 7 p.m. on Sunday that only 2,084 Tacoma Public Utilities customers and 1,365 Puget Sound Energy customers were without power.
All three burglaries remain under investigation, and suspects haven’t been apprehended.
