Citizens lose thousands of dollars to scams

Local residents have lost thousands of dollars due to scams recently, and Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills says he is frustrated that it’s happening so often.“It’s why we don’t have bank robberies anymore,” Sills opined. “I can’t even remember the last time we had an armed robbery because this did away with them. Why would anyone go to the trouble of pointing a gun at somebody and risk being…