Jason Woodring, Power Grid Sabotage, Arkansas 2013

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Woodring Indicted in Power Grid Sabotage

LITTLE ROCK, AR – Jason Woodring, 37, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, has been indicted on eight counts related to his attacks on the power grid in Central Arkansas.

According to the indictment, Woodring is charged with a terrorist attack against a railroad carrier for his alleged sabotage of a high voltage power line support tower on August 21, 2013. The incident caused a brief power outage in Cabot, Arkansas.

Woodring is also charged with destruction of an energy facility in Counts Two, Three, and Six of the indictment. These charges stem from allegations that he attempted to destroy the support tower and the power lines it carried on August 21, 2013; that he set a fire on September 29, 2013, at an Extra High Voltage (EHV) switching station in Scott, Arkansas; and that he cut down two power poles, pulling down one with a stolen tractor on October 6, 2013, causing a power outage in Jacksonville, Arkansas.

Additionally, Woodring is charged with use of a fire to commit a felony, maliciously damaging or destroying a building by fire, possession of an unregistered short-barrelled shotgun with an obliterated serial number, and being an illegal drug user in possession of multiple firearms and ammunition.

Woodring faces up to life in prison and/or not more than five years of supervised release after prison for the terrorist attack against a railroad carrier. The charge of destruction of an energy facility carries a possible sentence of not more than 20 years in prison.

Assistant United States Attorney Michael Gordon is prosecuting this case. The investigation was conducted by the FBI, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Union Pacific Police, Entergy, First Electric, Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office, Cabot Police, Arkansas State Police, Conway Police Department, Little Rock Police Department, and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Woodring is currently in federal custody. The charges set forth in an Indictment are merely allegations. A defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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