‘He was verifying that he had a sucker on the line’: Warning on fake police scam

A Rockford man is warning others about a potential scam involving false claims of missed jury duty and the Kent County Sheriff’s Office.

Jim Archbold was checking on his bee hives Thursday when he answered a call from an unknown number.

“I had someone address themselves as a deputy for the Kent County Sheriff Department, who told me that I had two warrants for my arrest,” Archbold said.

The caller claimed the arrest warrants were issued because Archbold had failed to appear for federal jury duty…

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