A couple of men have pleaded guilty to destroying energy facilities in Washington on Christmas Day of 2022. The men conspired to use the power outage to break into ATM machines.
Two men have pleaded guilty to vandalizing power substations inJeremy Crahan, of Puyallup, admitted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma that he and Matthew Greenwood conspired to cut electrical power in order to break into ATM machines and businesses and steal money, Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman said in a news release.
According to the plea agreement, Crahan, 40, and Greenwood, 32, damaged four power substations on Dec. 25, 2022. The substations targeted were the Graham and Elk Plain substations operated by Tacoma Power and the Kapowsin and Hemlock substations operated by Puget Sound Energy. In all four cases, the men forced their way into fenced areas surrounding the substations and damaged equipment to cause a power outage.Jeremy Crahan and Matthew Greenwood have pleaded guilty to destroying Washington energy facilities to break into ATM machines.
Afterward, the men plotted additional ways to cause power outages by felling trees in order to cut power and burglarize businesses and , Gorman said. Law enforcement arrested both men in late December before they tried that plan, according to the news release.
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