FBI Reports Attacks on Arkansas Power Grid
The FBI, ATF, Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office, and Cabot Police Department, in coordination with Entergy Arkansas and First Electric Cooperative, are investigating three potentially related attacks on the Arkansas power grid. The FBI has announced a $25,000 reward leading to arrests in connection with the incidents. In the first incident, a high-voltage transmission line was downed near Cabot on August 21. Then, on September 29, officials with Entergy Arkansas discovered an intentional fire at its Keo substation. The perpetrator left a warning painted on a control panel that read: “YOU SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED U.S.” Finally, on October 6, power poles behind a subdivision in Lonoke County were cut down, interrupting service to 10,000. Anyone who may have any information related to these incidents is asked to contact the FBI’s Little Rock Field Office at (501) 221-9100 or Little.Rock@ic.fbi.gov. The Arkansas Times has the full story.
