The first of two Pierce County men who cut power to thousands of homes on Christmas Day last year will serve time in prison, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Jeremy Crahan pleaded guilty in September to his role in damaging substations in Puyallup, Spanaway and Graham, to short electricity in the region so he and Matthew Greenwood could steal from ATMs and other businesses.
The pair broke through fences surrounding the substations and Greenwood flipped switches to turn power off, causing more than $235,000 in damage, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The attacks left more than 30,000 Puget Sound Energy and Tacoma Power customers without electricity and sparked a fire.
Chief U.S. District Judge David G. Estudillo on Friday sentenced Crahan to 18 months in prison.
