Three people were arrested in Hays County last month for illegally digging up Native American artifacts
and at least one is thought to be part of an investigation by the Bureau of Land Management into antiquities theft and sale.

Native American remains and “sacred burial beads” were among artifacts stolen from a San Marcos area burial site and later sold.

A married couple from San Marcos, Joshua and Amy Chovanec, were arrested March 13 at the site and charged with trespassing and violat...