C. Ind. county cuts power to camping protesters

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Officials in a central Indiana county have cut off electrical outlets that anti-Wall Street protesters had been using during their weeklong encampment outside the county government building.

Occupy Muncie protesters found the outlets cut off Wednesday evening. The dozen-or-so protesters had been plugging in an extension cord to power coffee makers and a webcam used to livestream video during the overnight hours.

Delaware County commissioner Larry Bledsoe tells The Star Press (http://tspne.ws/v9YWD5 ) that taxpayers shouldn’t be providing power for the protesters and that there are fire concerns if protesters were to run a heater inside a tent.

The encampment started with an Oct. 19 march of about 100 people from Ball State University to downtown Muncie.

Protester Ari Brown says members had been cautious about their power use.