The jury in Charlottesville, Virginia, convicted former Culpeper Sheriff Scott Jenkins on all counts after several hours of deliberations. Jenkins was indicted in 2023 on 16 counts, including ...

A Virginia sheriff has been indicted on federal public corruption charges for allegedly ... First elected sheriff in 2011, Jenkins is accused of soliciting and accepting bribes totaling at ...

Federal prosecutors alleged that Culpeper County Sheriff Scott H. Jenkins (R) accepted at least $72,500 in cash and campaign contributions beginning in 2019 from donors he agreed to appoint as ...

Local Crime & Public Safety Former Virginia sheriff sentenced in badges-for-dollars corruption case. Scott Jenkins, who was the sheriff of Culpeper County, had been convicted of federal bribery ...

One was for a former Virginia sheriff who was about to head to prison to serve a 10-year sentence for bribery. Writing on Truth Social, Trump said the former sheriff, Scott Jenkins, was unfairly ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia sheriff has been indicted on federal public corruption charges for allegedly handing out auxiliary deputy sheriff’s appointments in exchange for cash bribes and ...

Jenkins was first elected sheriff in 2011 and won reelection twice before his defeat in 2023. He ran as both a Republican and an independent. In 2019, Jenkins made headlines when he vowed to ...

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: President Trump issued a slew of pardons and commutations last week. One was for a former Virginia sheriff who was about to head to prison to serve a 10-year sentence for bribery.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia sheriff was convicted Wednesday night on federal bribery charges for deputizing individuals in exchange for cash payments. The jury in ...

President Trump issued a slew of pardons and commutations last week. One was for a former Virginia sheriff who was about to head to prison to serve a 10-year sentence for bribery. Writing on Truth ...