Judge Jeffrey Reed and Terri Kohlrieser are warning the public that a recent scam call has been circulating around Allen County, where someone will call you, and state that you did not appear for jury duty our your subpoena, all in a threatening tone. The court wants to remind residents that jury summons will only be sent by mail, never by phone, and that an actual officer will arrive at their door if a real subpoena was ignored.

Contempt of court hearings have continued in Allen County Common Pleas Court with more residents explaining to judges the reasons that they did not show up for their jury summons. A common explanation that has appeared in court has been a lack of updated registration when it comes to a person's address. The court takes the addresses that have been submitted to the Allen County Board of Elections when sending out a summons, but sometimes the latest information on an individual's registration remains outdated.

Allen County Common Pleas Court has been holding contempt of court hearings over the past week on jurors who failed to show up for their jury summons in the case that they were supposed to serve, and in the situation when there are not enough potential jurors, the judge does have an option to send out the sheriff to serve summons to random people congregated in areas such as grocery stores or restaurants in order to get the minimum requirement for a jury trial.

Lima, OH (WLIO) - Allen County Common Pleas Court is letting people know that if they skip out on jury duty, they will be facing the judge themselves.  Judge Jeffrey Reed and Judge Terri Kohlrieser both held contempt of court hearings for people who failed to show up for jury duty and could not show just cause for not showing up after they were served a summons to do so.  A total of 10 people were fined today for failing to appear for jury duty, and three other people had bench warrants issued on them for not showing up for their contempt of court hearing.  The judges told Your News Now that more and more people are not showing up to serve as jurors after receiving a court summons which has been affecting the court system. So, they are charging the people with a crime who don't reach out to the court before hand to try and get excused from jury duty.  Recently, Judge Reed sent out 70 summonses for one trial and only 17 people reported for jury duty. 

According to both Allen County Judges Jeffrey Reed and Terri Kohlrieser, a large number of people are not appearing for their summoned jury duty obligations. The past few weeks have seen some cases almost not having the necessary amount of jurors seated for a trial. Another factor that Judge Reed points to is social media. According to the court, false postings have been made in the local area that recent court summons were "fake" and had a "forged" signature of court judges. Reed says that social media is often "irresponsible" and "unaccountable", and the recent false posting proves that point.

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