Thomas Kalew of Liberty Lake received a call Saturday that his granddaughter had been allegedly arrested for dug position in New York City.
According to a news release, a person identifying themselves as a New York officer told Kalew he needed to pay $1,961 to bail his granddaughter out.
“The ‘officer’ told me that this was a special case because drug laws in New York are in flux,” Kalew said. “[The man] said I should wire the money via Western Union and they would release my granddaughter.”
Kalew paid someone named Vivian Mensah the bail but later discovered that his granddaughter wasn’t arrested and there was no drug charge.
The Whitman County Sherriff’s office is informing citizens that officers cannot request bail and if you think you are the victim of a con similar to the on that occurred this weekend, call 509-456-2233.
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