We candidly talked with Police Chief Wayne Smith about his methods and background. “I know under your leadership and ...

Besides being a veteran law enforcement officer, Sheriff Gene Hermes was a man of integrity and honor who was respected by ...

Scott Jenkins, the former rural Virginia sheriff accused of deputizing wealthy, untrained civilians who authorities said paid him tens of thousands of dollars for badges, was convicted of federal ...

Jenkins issued the bribe payors official Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office badges and credentials – without training or vetting – as part of the scheme, and none rendered “legitimate ...

Under the scheme, Jenkins accepted cash bribes in the form of campaign contributions, then appointed the payers as auxiliary deputy sheriffs with their own Sheriff’s Office badges and credentials, ...

In exchange, Jenkins appointed the people paying the bribes as auxiliary deputy sheriffs, a sworn law-enforcement position, and issued them official Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office badges and ...

President Donald Trump said he would be pardoning a former Virginia sheriff facing a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted of bribery and fraud charges. Scott Jenkins and his family “have been ...

Jenkins served as sheriff from 2012 to 2023. “Scott Jenkins violated his oath of office and the faith the citizens of Culpeper County placed in him when he engaged in a cash-for-badges scheme ...

President Donald Trump pardoned a former Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 ... Jenkins accepted more than $75,000 in a “cash for badges” scheme in 2022. Two of the auxiliary deputy ...

Hours before former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins was reportedly ... A jury found Jenkins guilty back in December in a bribes-for-badges scheme. A judge sentenced him to 10 years in ...

Hours before former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins was reportedly ... A jury found Jenkins guilty back in December in a bribes-for-badges scheme. A judge sentenced him to 10 years in ...