SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office released a description of a suspect in what is believed to have been an attempt to vandalize a portion of the Dakota Access pipeline near Humboldt on Monday.
Captain Jason Gearman says a witness describes the suspect as a female. Gearman says she's 5'-11'' to 6' tall, wearing all dark clothing, carrying a milk crate with what Gearman says could have torches and she was picked up by what looked like a silver, Ford Taurus with Iowa plates.
Gearman says a hole was cut into the fence surrounding that section of pipeline but there was no damage to the pipeline itself.
Gearman says it's possible that environmental activists may be targeting the pipeline to get the company to shut it down
Gearman advises landowners to keep an eye on above ground sections of the pipeline.