Statesville.com is reporting that a Harmony man is facing more than 60 counts involving tampering with electric meters. Mark Roger Absher, 53, of East Memorial Highway, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with 25 counts each of damage to Duke Energy equipment and interfering with electric meters, 17 counts of obtaining property by false pretense and one count of conspiracy to commit a felony. All of the charges are felonies. Absher was detained in the Rowan County Detention Center in lieu of a $400,000 bond.
