Our citizens are receiving calls from someone who identifies themself as an officer with the Washington County Sheriff's Department. The caller is targeting family members of people, who are incarcerated at the Washington County Detention Center. The caller tries to get the family members to pay a bond or a fee to get their family member released from jail.

OUR DEPUTIES WILL NEVER CALL FAMILY MEMBERS OF INMATES AND ASK THE FAMILY MEMBER TO PAY A BOND OR A FEE TO RELEASE THE FAMILY MEMBER FROM JAIL.

The only way inmates can bond out of jail is for someone to physically come into the Washington County Sheriff's Department and post the inmates bond at the Sheriff's Department.

If you receive a similar telephone call, do not give the caller any information and immediately hang up the telephone.

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