Tennessee farms hit by timber theft. Trees ‘now gone,’ sheriff says, fears more targeted

Tennessee authorities fear there may be more landowners who are theft victims after police say a local man targeted and stole timber from at least two farms in Robertson County.

The Robertson County Sheriff’s Office said its Agriculture Crimes Unit arrested Ricky Shearon Winn, 44, Monday in connection with the theft of valuable Black Walnut timber.

Black Walnut trees are native to central and eastern North America and are deciduous, meaning they shed their leaves in the fall unlike evergreen trees, according to the United States Department of Agriculture…

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