Tips requested after recovery of stolen tractor, utility trailer

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department recently recovered this stolen tractor and utility trailer in Rockholds.

Whitley County sheriff’s deputies have recovered a stolen tractor and utility trailer that were reported stolen recently from Tennessee.

About 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 13, the sheriff’s department received an anonymous tip that a stolen John Deere tractor could be located in a field along Smith Bend Road in the Rockholds community, according to a sheriff’s department release.

Sgt. Todd Shelley went to the described location and located a 2016 tractor on a utility trailer. The trailer and tractor were confirmed stolen out of Crossville, Tennessee.

The trailer was reported stolen from an individual and the tractor was reported stolen from a business, according to the release.

Shelley is continuing the investigation.

Anyone with information about the theft or how the items came to be left at the aforementioned location is asked to call Whitley County E911 at (606) 549-6017.