Power is now back on for everyone in Pierce County after vandals damaged four utility substations Sunday, leaving more than 14,000 people celebrating Christmas Day in the dark.
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department says just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday, they got a call about a burglary at the Tacoma Public Utilities Substation off 46th Avenue in Graham.
4 Pierce County utility substations vandalized, cutting power to more than 14K on Christmas
Deputies found the fence had been broken into, then someone cut a lock and made their way inside, causing damage to the substation.
There were two other disruptions at power stations reported at 224th Street East and 144th
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