ON THE PROWL FOR ARROWHEADS, LOCAL MAN ARRESTED
With all the arrest reports from Cumberland County Sheriff’s department, one stood out from among the meth arrests, thefts, traffic stops and the like. Deputies were called to 16295 Highway 127 North, which is almost out of Cumberland county into Fentress county. The call was for a man trespassing. The landowner took deputies out into the woods under a bluff where they found one Joseph Moseley filling in a hole dug in the ground. Over by Mr. Moseley was a pile of arrowheads. Mosely told deputies a friend had told him where to sneak into the property and dig arrowheads and this was his second time to sneak in. The landowner said people had been ripping down his no trespassing signs and damaging his fence to get into the property. Deputies arrested the 27-year-old for trespassing.
Connie Tyler
March 28, 2021 at 12:38 pm
What a shame he didn’t think to get permission. My husband collected arrowheads as a boy and young man and would have loved to possibly have gotten permission from the farmer.
Chad
March 28, 2021 at 12:56 pm
Love the use of the word “prowl” in the title line of this story. In this case it’s used to make the guy who was just walking across someone’s land seems more menacing. Horrible journalism……
Vance Fowler
March 28, 2021 at 5:01 pm
Honest journalism. The guy was not only prowling, he was stealing. Digging for artifacts on someone else’s land without permission is theft. He should be charged accordingly.
Trevor C
March 28, 2021 at 10:19 pm
I would understand if the guy was just walking in a field only looking on the surface. But only if there were not any “No Trespassing” around. I never dig but I would really love to volunteer on a real archeological dig!