A motion filed earlier this week by federal prosecutors shows Frederick County Sheriff Charles Jenkins “regretted” signing letters that allowed a gun shop.
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A Latina immigrant who said her detention during a traffic stop fit a pattern of racially discriminatory policing in a Maryland county has reached a $125,000 settlement that includes a written apology from the county’s sheriff, her attorneys said Thursday.
In his apology to Sara Haidee Aleman Medrano, Frederick County Sheriff Charles Jenkins said the deputies involved in her detention hadn’t been properly trained on policies and proper procedures for handling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement warrants and deportation orders during routine criminal records checks
Medrano and a grassroots organization, Resources for Immigrant Support and Empowerment Coalition of Western Maryland, sued the sheriff’s office, Jenkins, two of his deputies and the county in July 2019. The federal lawsuit argued Jenkins has flouted limits on immigration enforcement duties by requiring an immigration check for everyone arrested and booked into the county jail by his offi