Vance Sheriff Curtis Brame has reported that the main phone number for the sheriff’s office has been cloned and is being used in an illegal scheme after hearing from numerous citizens that they have been called and told they will be arrested if they don’t comply with instructions.
According to Brame, citizens are getting calls that because they failed to appear in court to serve as jurors, they must pay a certain amount of money or face arrest.
“They are being advised to take cash and deposit same into a kiosk machine at a local convenience store to avoid being arrested,” Brame said in communication to WIZS News Friday.
“At no time will my office or the clerk’s office direct a citizen to take funds to a third-party location,” Brame said.
Anyone who receives a call like this is asked to obtain as much information as possible from the caller and contact local law enforcement agencies.
