{"id":160858,"date":"2026-04-08T22:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160858\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:13:31","slug":"erie-co-sheriff-warns-of-scam-callers-posing-as-courthouse-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160858\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Co. sheriff warns of scam callers posing as courthouse employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Erie County sheriff is asking the community to keep an eye out for scammers posing as courthouse employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sheriff Chris Campanelli said scammers have been using the names of deputies and calling Erie County residents, trying to solicit money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/truck-thousands-of-dollars-worth-of-tools-stolen-from-venango-business-psp\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Truck, thousands of dollars worth of tools stolen from Venango business: PSP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Truck, thousands of dollars worth of tools stolen from Venango business&quot;}\"> Truck, thousands of dollars worth of tools stolen from Venango business: PSP <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said his employees never call the public to request money, and if you do get a call, he said to always be suspicious and call the county sheriff\u2019s office when in doubt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said if his office has warrants for you, they\u2019re not going to call and let you know ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/eyes-to-the-sky-harborcreek-fire-department-unveils-new-emergency-drone\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eyes to the sky \u2013 Harborcreek Fire Department unveils new emergency drone;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Eyes to the sky \u2013 Harborcreek Fire Department unveils new emergency drone&quot;}\"> Eyes to the sky \u2013 Harborcreek Fire Department unveils new emergency drone <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey\u2019re after elderly people and people that are easily scared, and they\u2019re trying to get large amounts of money. I\u2019ve heard up to five to ten thousand dollars, and for that kind of money, call us,\u201d said Sheriff Campanelli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Campanelli said scams are always happening with their office, and lately they\u2019ve been getting one to two scam reports a week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Erie County sheriff is asking the community to keep an eye out for scammers posing as courthouse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[40113,136,10732,24813,138,137],"class_list":["post-160858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-chris-campanelli","tag-erie","tag-erie-county-residents","tag-erie-county-sheriff","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}