Romance Scam Story

I keep getting called about a “defendant” by name. Because of bad data in online identity connections, my name appears to be associated with this person even though I have zero relation. Anyway, they call tell me this person is in jail and want to know my relationship to him. I keep trying to explain, but in the middle of the explanation - <> - the call drops. So now I’m wondering - is this an attempt at extorting someone’s relative? Is the scammer cutting me off once they realize this isn’t going to work? If it’s true Clackamas County wants information, why would they suddenly cut off the call? Is it the case that since they can’t establish the desired relationship - the claim is that I am this person’s “emergency contact”, they just hang up and move to the next person? This call came in at 9:55AM. The previous call came in around 10:30PM at night. I don’t know if police detectives actually call late at night. Perhaps next time - I appear to have been dug out from bad online data - I should become overly concerned and freak out at this “arrest”. But it’s not like I know when that call will be coming in. Clackamas County Sheriff dept is not accessible - they’ve automated everything away from humans so when I tried to call and ask if they are aware of this scam, of course I couldn’t get through. The most irritating part is - They have MY REAL NAME. The data they are using is old - and wrong. A few years ago someone with that same last name attempted to steal my identity and change my name in the credit records - I got it changed back. A bank account was opened in that different name and the paperwork was sent to MY home - I called the bank and told them it was not me, that identity was incorrect, etc. They shut that down too. I put a freeze on all my credit bureau accounts to hopefully prevent future attempts. But this bad associated data is not causing scammers to associate me with this guy, and I suspect maybe an extortion attempt would be forthcoming. I suppose after typing all this, after two attempts on their part, I should at least try to see what I can do to help this stranger whom I have no actual relationship get out of “jail”. Normally when one puts someone down as an “emergency contact”, there’s a “relationship” field. But the caller keeps asking me what my relationship is. So - should he be my son? My cousin? My brother in law? Upon further reflection, I also think a voice changer was used - the voice sounded authoritative but no foreign accent - a deep male voice with an African American twinge of an accent. I’m sure they have many to choose from.