HAPPENING NOW: 13 count indictment is filed against several law enforcement officials in Orangeburg County and Town of Springfield Police. Allegations of accepting bribes in exchange for using position to get visa to enter/stay in US. @wis10 pic.twitter.com/LE6GW1jqqJ
— Caroline Hecker (@CHecker_WIS) March 29, 2019
Follow the money.
Via WIS:
ORANGEBURG, SC (WIS) – Nine people, including seven law enforcement officers, have been indicted in federal court in South Carolina on visa fraud and drug charges, U.S. Attorney Sherri Lydon announced Friday.
Law enforcement officers, including Chief LaCra Jenkins of the Town of Springfield Police Department, are accused of accepting bribes to help others obtain visas to get into or stay in the U.S., according to the U.S. Attorney. In some cases, those indicted are also accused of protecting drug trafficking cartel proceeds in tractor trailers.
Officials say SLED brought the case to the FBI after allegations of wrong doing. “We will find you. We will arrest you. And you will go to prison,” Jodi Norris with the FBI warned of lawbreakers.
Four of the officers involved are Deputy Sheriffs with the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Department. A fifth person involved is a former Orangeburg Deputy who is now a police officer for Springfield Police.
The sixth officer involved in the case is Chief LaCra Jenkins, who is the Chief of Police for the Town of Springfield Police Department.