{"id":109778,"date":"2026-01-08T00:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/109778\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T00:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:55:11","slug":"jacksonville-man-accused-of-years-long-sexual-abuse-of-a-minor-faces-multiple-charges-ncso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/109778\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville man accused of years-long sexual abuse of a minor, faces multiple charges: NCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/31b227d3cd5290833462b2fea0c72c7f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Jacksonville man was arrested and charged with sexual battery and other charges after allegedly sexually abusing a minor, the Nassau County Sheriff\u2019s Office (NCSO) says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to NCSO, 23-year-old Colby Garrett Rhoden was arrested on Monday after an investigation revealed the alleged abuse started when the victim was a young child and continued for several years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Also, investigators determined that the incidents occurred in Jacksonville and later in Hilliard. The victim\u2019s statement given to investigators in October states the alleged abuse continued after Rhoden turned 18.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Allegedly, Rhoden committed the abuse after inviting the victim to watch television in a room. According to NCSO, the victim said they were afraid to refuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rhoden was booked into the Nassau County Jail and Detention Center on a bond of over $100,000. He is charged with two counts of sexual battery and two counts of lewd or lascivious battery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Jacksonville man was arrested and charged with sexual battery and other charges after allegedly sexually abusing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[56109,116,118,117,3898,56095,11381],"class_list":["post-109778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-colby-garrett-rhoden","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-nassau-county","tag-ncso","tag-sexual-battery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}