Authorities are investigating widespread power outages in south-central North Carolina as an intentional criminal act after an electrical substation was damaged by gunfire. Authorities are still looking for the individuals responsible for firing multiple shots at the electrical substation causing damage to the equipment as well as a motivation for doing so. The FBI and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations are assisting in the investigation. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said that an estimated 45,000 customers were without electricity. Jeff Brooks, a spokesperson for utility ...