>>Former Culpeper County Sheriff Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison
(Culpeper, VA) -- A judge is sending an ex-Virginia sheriff to prison. Richard Stelling with more.Preview: Voicer Script:
The former sheriff of Culpeper County has been sentenced to ten years in prison. The Department of Justice announced the sentence for former Sheriff Scott Howard Jenkins on Friday. Investigators say Jenkins accepted over 75-thousand dollars from several northern Virginia businessmen in exchange for appointing them auxiliary deputy sheriffs. He was convicted in December on federal charges including conspiracy, fraud and bribery.