A man is using social media to deceive people into believing he's a current law enforcement officer, prompting Sheriff Jason Chennault to issue a public warning about the impersonation.

The situation began in October when a local political group contacted Chennault about threatening messages they received from someone they believed was one of his deputies.

"This started back in October. I got a call from one of our local political groups that they had gotten some threatening messages from a person that they believe is one of my deputies," Chennault said.

The messages came from a man named Bart Alsbrook, but Chennault quickly discovered Alsbrook was not employed by his department.

"They gave me the name and I looked into it and he is not one of our deputies. He was not then and he is no

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