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Lake County Cracks Down on Looting of Native American Artifacts

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The wildfires ravaging Lake County may be making it easier for looters to dig up ancient Native American artifacts. This kind of theft is nothing new. But for the first time, local law enforcement is being trained to investigate archaeological crimes -- and it's led to the recent arrest of a suspected thief.

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