Solar power, the energy of the future, is also the newest target for thieves. The Sheriff’s Department received two reports this week of stolen solar panels, with a total value of nearly $13,000. Monday, Solar World, which has a solar field on Morongo Road near Twentynine Palms, reported an entire pallet of about 30 solar panels, worth about $12,000, had been stolen. The next day, a local internet service provider reported someone had stolen solar panels, locks and cables, valued at $700, from a remote mountain site in Joshua Tree. Anyone with information about the stolen solar panels is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department at 760-366-4175.
