On June 11, 2020 the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office learned an individual was identifying himself as Lieutenant Sheppard, with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, was calling local businesses in the area trying to get information from employees regarding the business. The subject was asking various questions such as the number of employees at the store and on shift at a certain time during the planned audit investigation they were planning. The subject is not an employee, nor has ever been an employee, of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Louis Roberts would like to remind business and their employees to not release any information to anyone calling for such information or portraying themselves as a member of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. If anyone is receiving these phone calls they are encouraged to contact the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to report the incident.
