Warrants reveal couple was subject of interest in Moore County power-grid attacks

Monday, December 18, 2023
MOORE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Search warrants tied to last year's attack on a Duke Energy power grid in Moore County have been unsealed, revealing that investigators were alerted to a person of interest just days after the attack.

The warrants, spanning from December 2022 to February, reveal that investigators were looking to search the phone records of a couple in Moore County following a tip that they may have been involved.
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One of the warrants showed a phone number of interest pinged on a phone tower less than a mile away from one of the substations that was hit.

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The Moore County Sheriff's Office does not have any outstanding search warrants.

There are no pending charges against anyone in connection to the attacks.
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