LENOIR COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - If you live in Deep Run and your lights went out early Thursday, we probably know why.

Lenoir County deputies say someone made off with a power transformer.

They say it happened around 1:30 a.m. on November 13th on Old Highway 11, down the street from the fire department.

Deputies believe whoever stole the transformer got away in a vehicle captured by a surveillance camera.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 252-559-6118.

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