Sounds like ‘ole Joe might be in a heap of trouble.I'm interested to find out the real story. It could be he originally buried them and covered them with scrap and then he dug them back up and dumped them in the river once it was known they were headed to his junk yard - maybe after the police talked to him.
So... Joe was/is a thief as well...
I won’t be even a little surprised if it turns out these yay-hoos were gonna steal drugs or ill gotten gains from the sale of drugs.
Okmulgee is probably a nicer place to live today than it was a couple days ago.
Edit to add - unless you’re planning to steal drugs or drug money from some upper middle class white teenage dude I just can’t see the reward being worth the risk. The potential downside to that is pretty large.