Authorities in North Carolina said Saturday that a power outage affecting tens of thousands of people is being investigated as a “criminal occurrence.”
Gov. Roy Cooper issued a statement Sunday morning about outages and said that an investigation is underway.
He wrote that “I have spoken with Duke Energy and state law enforcement officials about the power outages in Moore County. They are investigating and working to return electricity to those impacted. The state is providing support as needed.”
In a social media post, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office said that power outages were being reported after 7 p.m. ET on Saturday in the county. It said that instances of “vandalism” were discovered, though they were not described….