A longtime Jacksonville police officer has been reassigned after his arrest following an altercation at a Clay County bar.
John H. Tiedeman, a 27-year Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office veteran, was arrested on a felony charge of Battery on a Person 65 Years of Age or Older following a Valentine’s Day incident, the Sheriff’s Office said in a Feb. 14 news release.
He is the fourth JSO employee arrested this year.
Until his arrest, Tiedeman, 49, was a patrol officer most recently assigned in District 2, which includes Arlington and neighboring areas, the Sheriff’s Office said.
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The Sheriff’s Office said as a result of his arrest, Tiedeman has been administratively reassigned to the Tele-Serv Unit pending the criminal investigation.
Tiedeman was taken into custody early Feb. 14 after Clay County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of an assault at a business, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The arriving Clay deputies met the victim on the front patio of a bar. The victim told the deputies that he was attempting to de-escalate a verbal altercation when he was battered by the suspect — subsequently identified as Tiedeman.
Tiedeman was located and detained during a traffic stop, then transported to Clay County Jail, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville police officer arrested after incident at Clay County bar