Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events.
Rutherford County, TN – A new impersonation scam is hitting residents in Rutherford County today after a woman was tricked into handing over money to someone posing as a school resource officer, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
According to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, scammers pretended to be SRO Jamie Bailey and convinced a woman she needed to pay cash immediately to avoid going to jail for supposed arrest warrants. After turning over the money, the woman later called Bailey at the Sheriff’s Office to follow up—only for the deputy to tell her he had no idea what she was talking about…