SANTA CRUZ COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE WARNING RESIDENTS OF A JURY DUTY SCAM. OFFICIALS SAY VICTIMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING PHONE CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ‘WARRANTS DEPARTMENT’. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY MISSED JURY DUTY AND OWE MONEY TO A ‘LIEUTENANT PIERSON’ OR ‘SERGEANT JOSEPH KELLY’. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE REMINDS RESIDENTS IF THEY DO NOT SHOW UP FOR JURY DUTY, THEY WILL ONLY RECEIVE A FAILURE TO APPEAR POSTCARD IN THE MAIL.
