Police Have Suspect in Jury Duty Scam

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Press release

The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from investigators from the Georgia Department of Corrections has identified the persons responsible for the Jury Duty Scam occurring earlier this month.

In the original scam, persons representing themselves to be employees of the of the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office were contacting residents by telephone and demanding that they obtain a prepaid credit card to satisfy a warrant that had been issued due to them having missed jury duty.

The primary suspect, Aaron Mills is a 24-year-old white male who is currently incarcerated in the Georgia State Penitentiary for unrelated offenses. He will now be facing probable federal charges in relation to these new offenses which were being perpetrated nationwide.