Copper thief strikes again at Petaluma PG&E yard

<p>Petaluma police are investigating another theft of copper at a Pacific Gas & Electric storage yard.</p><p>Thursday morning, employees reporting for work discovered someone had cut through a chain-link fence to enter a parts cage in the yard on Corona Road, Lt. Tim Lyons said.</p><p>The thief or thieves took a generator, chainsaw and copper wire. Stolen copper is commonly sold to recycle centers.</p><p>It was unclear how much the stolen equipment was worth, Lyons said.</p><p>The theft is the eighth at the PG&E site in the past two years. It was robbed in May and three times each in 2010 and 2009, Lyons said.</p>