Jenkins argues for all charges to be dropped in federal machine gun case

After federal prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss one count and part of another, Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins asked the court on Friday to drop all of the charges against him in a machine gun conspiracy case. Prosecutors asked on Nov. 9 for one count in the indictment to be dismissed, after Jenkins’ attorneys pointed out a discrepancy between the language in the indictment and the March 2022 letter Jenkins signed, on which the charge is based.