Judicial diversion was denied in a recent TN case, though it can be granted to some defendants.
The scammers posed as Publishers Clearing House.
The national rate for December was 5.6 percent, also a two-tenths drop from the prior month.
Marie DeChant Caldwell, age 78, passed away on January 21st, 2015, at her residence in Indian Mound, TN.
Angela Marie Wade, age 58, passed away on January 19th, 2015 at Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville, TN.
Eston Gerald Dodson, age 56, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at his residence.
James Allen Black, age 68 of Clarksville, passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Grace Health Care.
The identities of the victims were not immediately released.
Isabel Marie Ruckman, 86, Clarksville, passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 at Gateway Medical Center.
Amy Carroll will attend the CYP meeting on Feb. 4.