Deputies investigating after transmission lines vandalized in Renton

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Deputies investigating after transmission lines vandalized in Renton
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King County Sheriff’s detectives are asking for your help to identify the suspect or suspects responsible for $60,000 in damage to equipment and transmission lines near Renton.

In mid-Dec. 2023 and early April 2024, they damaged equipment on Bonneville Power Administration’s Covington–Maple Valley 230-kilovolt transmission line near Renton .Police say in Dec. 2023, a vandal damaged a transmission line structure.Then on April 6, 2024, a vandal damaged equipment less than one mile away from the location of the Dec. 2023 incident.

"These deliberate attacks on equipment take line workers and other personnel off task and cost ratepayers money," said Covington district manager Stefan Schildt. "We are hoping anyone with information about who may have caused this damage will come forward and help bring that person or persons to justice."The King County Sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help in these cases.

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