Sherriff Indicted
April 5, 2023 | Maryland
The sheriff of Frederick County, Maryland, is accused of scheming with a gun dealer to illegally acquire machine guns, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
A federal grand jury charged Sheriff Charles Austin Jenkins, 66, with conspiracy and making false statements.
The indictment alleges that Jenkins conspired with 36-year-old Robert Justin Krop, a gun business owner, to illegally purchase machine guns from August 2015 to May 2022. Prosecutors said Jenkins also falsified multiple documents on Frederick County Sheriff’s Office letterhead requesting machine guns for evaluation and demonstration to the sheriff’s office. (Excerpt from 4 Washington.)
