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A Virginia sheriff is facing federal fraud and conspiracy charges as the US Justice Department claims he handed out deputy sheriff badges in exchange for money to help fund his reelection campaign ...

Bribes, badges and cash in a gift bag: What evidence shows as ex-sheriff heads to prison for decade Prosecutors said Scott Jenkins took $75,000 in bribes in exchange for auxiliary deputy badges.

They said the alleged-bribes-for-badges scheme was not what it seemed. “I understand in hindsight how it appears,” Jenkins told the jury.

A jury found Jenkins guilty back in December in a bribes for badges scheme. A judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison. The News4 I-team first reported the federal investigation into Jenkins ...

CULPEPER COUNTY, Va. — Former Culpeper County sheriff Scott Jenkins was found guilty of accepting bribes in exchange for law enforcement badges and credentials by a jury in a federal trial Dec. 18.