Moore County Warrants Shed Light on 2022 Power Grid Attacks - The Pilot Newspaper
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Moore County Sheriff’s investigators received a tip of a person of interest within two days of the Dec. 3, 2022 power substation attacks, according to search warrants filed at the Moore County Courthouse.
At least 12 search warrants were filed related to the gunfire attacks on Duke Energy electric substations in Carthage and West End. All the warrants were originally ordered sealed by then-Superior Court Judge James Webb, but that seal has since expired and the warrants are public record.
Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields at a news conference on Dec. 4, 2022
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An image of the Honda Odyssey van investigators are seeking more information on.
Pinnacle Storage on N.C. 211 in West End.
An aerial view of Duke Energy’s West End substation in Moore County. The substation is one of two stations that were attacked in Dec. 2022 leaving 45,000 people without power and exposing a major vulnerability in the nation’s power grid.
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Investigators search for clues at the West End power substation shortly after the attack on Dec. 3, 2022
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The gate at the West End Duke Energy substation on the morning after the attack.
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