Crime & Public Safety

California Engineer Given 10-Year Prison Term for Bombing Transformers

Peter Karasev, of San Jose, pleaded guilty to planning and carrying out two attacks on electrical transformers in 2022 and 2023, officials said.
California Engineer Given 10-Year Prison Term for Bombing Transformers
An explosion at a PG&E transformer captured by surveillance footage near the Plaza Del Ray shopping center in San Jose, Calif., on Jan. 5, 2023. U.S. DOJ
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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.

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