A Maryland sheriff was indicted by a grand jury for an alleged conspiracy to illegally acquire machine guns, which included drafting false documents on his office’s letterhead.
Charles Jenkins, 66, has been the sheriff of Frederick County since his first election in 2006, and he was again reelected last year.
Robert Krop, 36, is the owner of firearms-related businesses in the county. Krop and his businesses had two Federal Firearms Licenses (FFL) allowing them to possess and deal in machine guns “under certain circumstances,” according to an April 5 press release by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Allegations leveled against Jenkins and Krop claim that both parties conspired to unlawfully procure machine guns between August 2015 and May 2022….