Rychlik has told investigators that he was the sheriff’s right-hand man in the alleged badges-for-dollars scheme, recruiting bribe payers from his circle of business associates in Northern Virginia.

President Trump says he will pardon a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted of selling deputy sheriff badges to several businessmen in exchange for cash payments both directly to the sheriff and ...

Jenkins gave the bribers badges and credentials, which recipients used in interesting ways, like to get out of traffic tickets and obtain other special privileges. "Sheriff Scott Jenkins ...

The former Culpeper County sheriff was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for accepting more than $75,000 in bribes in exchange for law-enforcement badges and credentials. Scott Howard ...

Trump pardoned former Virginia sheriff Scott Jenkins, who was convicted of bribery in what prosecutors called a "cash-for-badges" scheme. WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump pardoned a former ...

(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.