(AP) — A former Virginia sheriff was convicted Wednesday night ... was no connection between the payments he received and the badges he handed out, according to news reports.

A former sheriff in Virginia is facing decades in prison after being convicted for accepting bribes in exchange for handing out deputy badges and law enforcement credentials, federal authorities ...

The bribe payors were then issued official Culpeper County Sheriff's Office badges and credentials without being trained or vetted. The undercover FBI agents testifying during Jenkins' trial said ...

Then the challenge becomes how best to apply it to the car. And from close to the dawn of automotive time a carefully crafted badge has been the preferred option. It’s arguably the ultimate expression ...

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.

A former Virginia sheriff was convicted Wednesday night on federal bribery charges for deputizing individuals in exchange for cash payments. By The Associated Press The Associated Press ...

(AP) — A former Virginia sheriff was convicted Wednesday night on federal bribery ... defense and said there was no connection between the payments he received and the badges he handed out, according ...