By CNN Staff
updated 4:52 PM EDT, Sat October 12, 2013
Authorities say a tractor was used Sunday to cut down two electric poles near Cabot, Arkansas.
(CNN) -- A Jacksonville, Arkansas, man has been charged in connection with attacks on the power grid in a rural area of the state, the U.S. Justice Department said Saturday.
Jason Woodring, 37, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with destruction of an energy facility, the Justice Department said.
Woodring is accused of carrying out multiple acts of sabotage, targeting high-voltage power lines and a substation over a period of months, that knocked out power to thousands, the agency said.
CNN's Scott Thompson contributed to this report.