A Bay Area engineer was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Tuesday for blowing up two Pacific Gas & Electric Co. transformers in 2022 and 2023 with homemade bombs, U.S. Department of Justice spokespeople said.
Peter Karasev, 39, pleaded guilty in April to two counts of willful destruction of an energy facility, admitting that between Dec. 2022 and Jan. 2023, he blew up two PG&E transformers in San Jose.
Karasev previously worked at Zoox, a robotaxi company, as an engineer. Officials have not stated any particular motive for the attacks.The attacks caused significant destruction — $200,000 in damages — and widespread power outages to more than 1,500 households in the San Jose area, federal officials said…