LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Police arrested three folks associated to a copper wire theft at an NV Power substation that brought on an influence outage on Monday.
On Feb. 3 at round 3:40 p.m., the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division recieved a report of a copper wire theft within the 5600 block of Procyon Avenue.
Suspected copper wire theft at NV Power substation causes energy outage in Las Vegas
Arriving officers discovered that copper wire was faraway from a number of breaker containers. The estimated worth of harm and loss was round $30,000.
Earlier within the day, at round 3:15 p.m., an influence outage stemming from the realm affected 12 prospects, in response to NV Power.
Harry Reid Worldwide Airport additionally reported an outage that affected the C gates in Terminal 1 round 6:45 p.m. Round 8:20 p.m. all energy was restored to the airport, in response to an airport spokesperson. It’s unclear presently if the 2 outages are associated.
By the course of the investigation, detectives recognized Paul Andrews, 45; Chad Shurman, 41; and Branden Henry, 29, as suspects within the case.
On Feb. 4, officers took all three suspects into custody and booked them into the Clark County Detention Heart for grand larceny, $25,000 however lower than $100,000 and eradicating/damaging/destroying property to acquire scrap metallic and interrupting service.
Shuman and Henry every face a further cost of conspiracy to commit prison contempt, a data examine confirmed.
The following courtroom look for the three males was scheduled for Feb. 10.
Anybody with any details about this incident is urged to contact LVMPD Detectives byphone at 702-828-3204. To stay nameless, contact Crime Stoppers by telephone at 702-385-5555, or on the Crime Stoppers web site.
