Then-acting U.S. Attorney Zachary Lee said when Jenkins was sentenced in March “he engaged in a cash-for-badges scheme."Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

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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 ...