Next to the homeless man officers saw a "5-star silver badge resembling that of a sheriff's deputy" on top of a wallet in ...

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 ...

As his final term concludes, Sheriff David Soward has resolved some unfinished business by returning a historic badge to its ...

In return, Jenkins appointed each of the bribe payors as auxiliary deputy sheriffs, a sworn law-enforcement position and issued them official Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office badges and credentials.

“I let them know I was a deputy sheriff,” he said. A few minutes later, speeding in the next town over, he was stopped again, and again he showed his badge. He said he was let off with a ...