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Darke County warns residents after fake worker incident
Man invades home, claimed to be from health department 

GREENVILLE — The Darke County health commissioner and the sheriff’s office are warning residents to always ask for proper identification whenever anyone visits their home claiming to be on official business. 

“Do you ever let anybody in your house if they don’t have ID? Nope. It’s just the wise thing to do,” Tom Riley, a county resident, told News Center 7’s Mark Bruce on Tuesday. “You just gotta be careful nowadays.” 

On Saturday, Jan. 5, a man returned home to find someone sitting in his kitchen claiming to be a health department worker. 

When the resident asked the person what he was doing, the person left, according to the sheriff’s office. 

The person wasn’t identified and no arrests have been made, according to the sheriff’s office. 

“Sometimes people that aren’t our employees are trying to gain entry for alternate purposes and people need to be aware that it is somebody doing things for the right reasons,” county Health Commissioner Terry Holman said. 

He advises that his department is not surveying or going door to door on any projects. If his people were, Holman said, residents would know about it. 

Holman said that typically, his department notifies or puts information in the media about surveys or whenever his workers might be in neighborhoods at a certain point in time. 

“If they are there for legitimate reason they should have an ID and if not, don’t let them in,” Holman said. 

The sheriff’s department says the bottom line is that if someone knocks on your door and you’re not comfortable with who they say they are, call 911. 

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