Prosecutors move to drop one of five counts from Jenkins indictment
Nov. 10—Federal prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss one of the counts in an indictment they filed against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins and a local firearms business owner.
The request comes after Jenkins' attorneys argued there was a discrepancy between prosecutors' description of the sheriff's conduct and a document that is being cited as evidence.
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