US EditionSan Jose man sentenced to 10 years for two electric transformer bombings
Peter Karasev was sentenced to 10 years and ordered to pay $214,880 in restitution for bombing PG&E transformers causing outages to over 1,500 homes, including 15 with medical needs.
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California Engineer Given 10-Year Prison Term for Bombing Transformers
A Silicon Valley engineer was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Tuesday for bombing electrical transformers, causing widespread outages. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman sentenced Peter Karasev, 39, of San Jose, Calif., for the 2022 and 2023 attacks on Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) facilities. Karasev pleaded guilty on April 20 to two counts of willful destruction of an energy facility. Court records indicate he admitted that o…
San Jose man sentenced to 10 years for two electric transformer bombings
A San Jose man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for bombing PG&E electrical transformers in San Jose on two occasions in 2022 and 2023, prosecutors said. Peter Karasev, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of willfully destroying energy facilities in April for the incidents, admitting that he had used explosive devices he made himself to damage the facilities and spark widespread blackouts in the surrounding areas, according to a press re…
California Man Sentenced To Decade In Prison For Bombing Power Grid
A federal judge has handed down a 10-year prison sentence to a San Jose man who orchestrated a pair of explosive attacks against local electrical infrastructure, incidents that cut power to thousands and threatened residents dependent on life-sustaining medical equipment. Peter Karasev, 39, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District […] California Man Sentenced To Decade In Prison For Bombing Power Grid
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