Power Outage in Vinton Caused by Alleged Wire Theft by Two Men
A few neighborhoods in Vinton went without power on May 2. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff s Office got a call about someone trying to steal the wire off of telephone poles in the area. Upon arrival, deputies say they located the suspects and the truck they were using. The truck had the electrical wire attached to its bumper. The wire was already loose and hanging before it was attached to the bumper of the truck.
After wrapping the wire from the telephone pole around the truck s bumper, it was put in drive and an attempt to pull the wire down was made. Authorities stated that, as the suspects pulled on the wire, it resulted in the entire telephone pole falling over. As the pole fell, it knocked the electricity out to surrounding neighborhoods in the proximity.
Wire thieves put entire neighborhood in the dark; two arrested
Posted at 11:46 AM, May 05, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-05 12:46:44-04
Calcasieu Parish deputies arrested two men this weekend after wire thieves pulled down a utility pole and put several neighborhoods in the dark.
Spencer Conner, 48, of Lake Charles and Gene Constance, 43, of Sulphur were both arrested. They were both booked with criminal damage to property $1,000 - $50,000; and theft less than $1,000. Constance is additionally booked with possession of drug paraphernalia; 3 counts of possession of CDS IV, possession of a legend drug; and possession of drug paraphernalia. Judge Michael Canaday set Connerâs bond at $11,000 and Constanceâs bond at $20,500.