SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A former power company worker who admitted setting off a bomb that knocked out a substation during last year's Winter Olympics was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Dee Benson also ordered Vince R. Rogers to pay $25,000 restitution to the utility.
The sentence was based on an August plea deal in exchange for Rogers' cooperation with prosecutors. The maximum sentence for destruction of an energy facility is 20 years.
On Feb. 24, 2002, the last day of the games, Rogers set off a homemade bomb at the substation, causing as much as $217,000 damage.
The blast caused widespread power outages, sparked a fire at a nearby oil refinery and raised terrorism fears.
Rogers told authorities he was mad at the utility in part because of a dispute over nearby fields where he pastured cattle. Utah Power had ordered Rogers to remove the cattle days before the explosion.
