{"id":1795034,"date":"2023-01-04T12:49:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T17:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1795034"},"modified":"2023-01-04T12:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T17:49:31","slug":"2-men-arrested-in-washington-state-power-substation-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-men-arrested-in-washington-state-power-substation-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Men Arrested in Washington State Power Substation Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2-men-arrested-in-washington-state-power-substation-attacks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1795034&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Two men were arrested on suspicion of attacking four power substations in Washington State on Christmas Day. They were part of a plot to turn off electricity and steal from a local business.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Greenwood (32), and Jeremy Crahan (40) were both charged Tuesday with conspiring to damage energy facilities. Greenwood was also accused of possessing unregistered guns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend the work by the FBI to quickly identify these suspects and disrupt any future attacks on the east Pierce County power grid,\u201d U.S. attorney Nick Brown stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-wdwa\/pr\/two-charged-attacks-four-pierce-county-power-substations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> The Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen attacks such as these increase in Western Washington and throughout the country and must treat each incident seriously. In addition, the outages on Christmas left thousands in the dark and cold and put some who need power for medical devices at extreme risk,\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p>Two men were named as potential suspects in a criminal complaint. They were identified through cell phone records. One of the suspects was also photographed at Tacoma as part of the attack. A pick-up truck is likely to have been involved.<\/p>\n<p>A warrant was issued. Clothing was found at the homes of two men who matched the surveillance photographs. Two unregistered firearms were also seized from Greenwood\u2019s home, including one equipped with a \u201cmake-shift\u201d silencer.<\/p>\n<p>They are being investigated for attacks on four substations. Damages of at least $3 million have been estimated.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ stated that conspiracy to attack energy facilities can result in up to 20 years imprisonment. Possession of unregistered firearms can lead to a maximum of 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire has previously reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/substation-attacks-leave-15k-washington-homes-without-power-on-christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>More than 15,000 homes were without power after vandalism destroyed four substations across Washington.<\/p>\n<p>At 2:30 a.m. Pacific Time, the attacks started on Christmas morning. Three incidents occurred during the morning hours; a fourth incident was reported on Christmas night.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that two locks at the substations had been opened to allow entry. In the third incident, the fence was broken into. It was not clear how the fourth incident could have been accessed.<\/p>\n<p>These attacks are just a few of many incidents against power stations that have been happening across the country in recent months. Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Puget Sound Energy and the Cowlitz County Public Utility District confirmed they had substations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/authorities-report-five-electricity-substations-targeted-in-pacific-northwest-days-after-north-carolina-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked<\/a>\u00a0The Seattle Times published November&#8217;s issue\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/law-justice\/pse-substations-among-five-attacked-in-pacific-northwest-in-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In early December, a substation attack took down power for more than\u00a0 40,000 homes and businesses in Moore County, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>The incidents have come as the Department of Homeland Security has warned of threats to the nation\u2019s electrical infrastructure in recent years. DHS \u201cNational Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin\u201d Published November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/publication\/national-terrorism-advisory-system-bulletin-november-30-2022-translations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a>\u00a0that people with\u00a0personal grievances \u201ccontinue to pose a persistent and lethal threat to the Homeland.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two men were arrested for allegedly attacking four power substations in Washington state on Christmas Day as part of a plan to shut down electricity and to steal from an unnamed local business. Matthew Greenwood, 32, and Jeremy Crahan, 40, were charged on Tuesday with conspiracy to damage energy facilities. Greenwood was also charged with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1795037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4376,6361,6202,5084,11879,4086,6195],"class_list":["post-1795034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-arrested","tag-attacks","tag-daily","tag-power","tag-substation","tag-washington","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1795034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1795037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1795034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1795034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1795034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}