JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A prominent member of the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office Motor Unit has been arrested after he claimed more than 200 hours of overtime for traffic enforcement shifts that he never worked, Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Thursday.<\/p>\n
Waters acknowledged that during at least some of those false overtime claims, which totaled more than $14,000, Officer Christian Madsen was actually at the home of his supervisor, and the two had a romantic relationship.<\/p>\n
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What investigators discovered<\/p>\n
According to Waters, after getting a tip on Feb. 12 of this year, the Integrity Unit\u2019s investigation focused on a period from Dec. 1, 2025, to Feb. 7, 2026, during which Madsen, 31, submitted overtime claims for traffic enforcement for over 200 hours that he did not work.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, Waters said, integrity detectives learned that during some of the hours he claimed he was working, Madsen was actually at the home of JSO Chief of Patrol Support Jaime Eason — his boss.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started looking into it about three weeks ago, and we did find that he had traveled to her home during those overtime hours, and there was a relationship,\u201d Waters said, later confirming that it was a romantic relationship. \u201cIt took three weeks of really hard work by these detectives, very in-depth work by these detectives to make a case, a very strong case to bring him to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another officer arrested<\/p>\n
Madsen has been charged with one count each of grand theft, organized fraud and official misconduct, which are all third-degree felonies, Waters said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe cumulative nature of Madsen\u2019s conduct demonstrates a deliberate, ongoing course of criminal behavior rather than a reflection of (an) administrative error or isolated accident,\u201d Waters said. <\/p>\n
It marks the sixth JSO employee arrested this year: five officers and one corrections officer. JSO arrested seven employees in all of 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I say all the time, our collective belief in openness, transparency and accountability outweighs personal allegiance to JSO employees, especially ones that violate the public trust,\u201d Waters said. \u201cAs we have said many times before, no one is above the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madsen, who has been with JSO for more than 11 years, has been suspended, and Waters said JSO will seek his termination.<\/p>\n
Records show Madsen had been at the center of eight internal affairs investigations, which include three officer-involved crashes that resulted in remedial training, two citizen complaints that were eventually thrown out, and a third citizen complaint and a workplace complaint that led to him receiving informal counseling.<\/p>\n
Supervisor resigns position<\/p>\n