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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 20: Culpeper County, Virginia, Sheriff Scott Jenkins poses for photographs following a gun rights rally organized by The Virginia Citizens Defense League near the State ...

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 ...

It said Gumbinner paid $20,000 to one of Rahim’s businesses, Food Truck Company LLC. Five months later, Jenkins appointed Gumbinner as an auxiliary deputy sheriff.

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 ...

He thinks Trump sees Jenkins as sort of a kindred spirit. PAUL HUTCHINSON: I think Sheriff Jenkins - he's kind of a mirror image, in some respects, to Trump.

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

He owns a garden center business, voted for Trump in 2016. He thinks Trump sees Jenkins as sort of a kindred spirit. PAUL HUTCHINSON: I think Sheriff Jenkins - he's kind of a mirror image, in some ...

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.