by Joni Money | Nov 25, 2020 | News, Public Interest, Public Service Announcement
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office would like the public to be aware of a scam that is successfully making its rounds through our community again. Scam artists are contacting citizens and advising them they have missed a court date or failed to pay a fee ordered by...
by David Agee | Sep 15, 2020 | Public Service Announcement
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is alerting citizens in our area to be wary of scams and frauds. The types of frauds and scams have increased and frequently target the elderly. Some of the recent scams are spinning off the COVID 19 pandemic. Scammers will try...
by Joni Money | Sep 10, 2020 | Media Alert, Public Interest, Public Service Announcement
Detectives with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office wants to send a strong warning to grandparents in our area. There is a new scam where a person calls a grandparent pretending to be a grandchild. The “grandchild” tells their grandparent that...
by Joni Money | Apr 23, 2020 | Announcements, Public Service Announcement
There is a scam beginning to rear its ugly head again in our area. Subjects are contacting people by telephone and identifying themselves as Jefferson County Deputies. They have just enough information to sound legitimate and the caller ID is showing...