A Vernon County man has been arrested and charged with impersonating an officer of the law.
The Vernon County Sheriff’s Department received several reports from Nevada residents about a man named Dustin Jones, claiming to be a detective with the sheriff’s department, calling people to ask if they knew the whereabouts of a local resident.
A real Vernon County Sheriff’s detective called Jones, who identified himself to the detective as a employee of the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department.
The call was traced and deputies arrested Jones.
He is being held in the Vernon County jail on $2,500 bond.