Warrants issued in Moore County power grid attack

Multiple search warrants have been issued on the state level, and the FBI applied for a federal order to retrieve cell phone records to identify people in the area of the substations on Saturday. Investigators have not filed any charges and no arrests have been made at this point.
Posted 12/8/2022, 11:29:00 PM Updated 12/9/2022, 1:58:05 PM

TEMPERATURES DROP AND RAIN

RETURNS.

>> NEW AT 5 INVESTIGATORS IN

MOORE COUNTY OF ISSUED SEARCH

WARRANTS RELATED TO THE ATTACK

ON THE POWER GRID THAT LEFT

10'S OF THOUSANDS IN THE DARK

FOR DAYS.

>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M DEBRA MORGAN AND I'M GERALD

OWENS R AARON THOMAS IS LIVE IN

MOORE COUNTY WITH AN UPDATE ON

THE INVESTIGATION AND THE

BEEFED UP SECURITY AARON.

>> IT DROVE THIS INVESTIGATION

IS FAR FROM OVER. EVEN THOUGH

POWER IS FULLY RESTORED HERE.

AND MOORE COUNTY AT THIS POINT,

INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT MADE

ANY ARRESTS. THEY HAVE NOT

FOUND ANY CHARGES FOR THIS

ATTACK THAT LEFT TENS OF

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN MOORE

COUNTY WITHOUT POWER FOR

SEVERAL DAYS. THIS IS WHAT WE

DISCOVERED TODAY. IF YOU TAKE A

LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN, YOU CAN

SEE WHAT APPEARS TO SHOW A

BULLET HOLE AND ONE OF THE

SUBSTATIONS AND THAT THE VAST

CARTHAGE SUBSTATION WE 2

PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS WITH

LONG GUNS AS AN EXTRA LAYER

OF SECURITY. MULTIPLE SEARCH

WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON

THE STATE LEVEL AND THE FBI

APPLY FOR A FEDERAL ORDER TO

RETRIEVE CELL PHONE RECORDS

TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

THE SUBSTATIONS ON SATURDAY AT

THIS TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN NO

SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED AND WE

DON'T YET KNOW A MOTIVE, BUT BE

SURE TO STAY WITH US AS WE

CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS