October 18, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
A resident of Blue Springs Road is charged with stealing more than $5,600 in electricity from Caney Fork Electric Cooperative.
48 year old Shawn Edward Soales is under a $5,000 bond and will be in court on November 18 charged with theft of services.
Soales was arrested after it was discovered that he had created an electrical bypass which allowed him have use of electric power without being charged for it.
“On October 11 Soales altered and tampered with electrical wires established by Caney Fork Electric Cooperative to obtain and divert those services for his own benefit. Soales altered the wires to bypass the meter used to measure the amount of electricity used at his residence therefore bypassing any billing. Caney Fork Electric Cooperative showed this residence as a vacant account since February 21, 2020 and the estimated amount owed is $5,601,” said Sheriff Patrick Ray.