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Action News Jax anchor Ben Becker has learned the investigation into alleged overtime abuse within the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office is expanding.<\/p>\n
Multiple sources tell Becker that at least 20 officers are now under investigation, many of them tied to the agency\u2019s motorcycle unit. Those sources say the probe could ultimately lead to criminal charges.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n JSO would not confirm the number of officers involved or provide specific details, only stating that the investigation remains \u201cactive\u201d and \u201cnot over.\u201d<\/p>\n The agency did confirm that some officers within the motorcycle unit have been reassigned. However, JSO emphasized that these types of personnel changes \u201chappen all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n Background on the case<\/p>\n Action News Jax first reported in February<\/a> that motorcycle officer Christian Madsen was facing three felony charges tied to collecting roughly $14,000 in what investigators and Sheriff T.K. Waters described as false overtime.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n According to the investigation, some of the hours Madsen reported as work time were allegedly spent traveling to the home of Patrol Support Division Chief Jaime Eason. JSO said Madsen and Eason were involved in a romantic relationship<\/a>.<\/p>\n Personnel actions<\/p>\n Eason has since been demoted. Sources tell Action News Jax at least four other individuals connected to the investigation are on desk duty.<\/p>\n What\u2019s next<\/p>\n Becker sent a list of questions regarding an Florida Department of Transportation grant utilized to pay for a majority of Madsen\u2019s overtime and what other officers were involved.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n A JSO spokesperson responded, \u201cAs this is a continuing investigation, we are unable to respond to below questions. Once concluded, specifics about the investigation along with those that would have been investigated will be available for release.\u201d<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Action News Jax anchor Ben Becker has learned the investigation into alleged overtime abuse within the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1913,25320,80774,667,116,118,117,1415,81012,1872,94037,36853],"class_list":["post-204677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news","tag-ben-becker","tag-christian-madsen","tag-investigation","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-sheriffs-office","tag-jaime-eason","tag-jso","tag-motorcycle-unit","tag-the-investigation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204677","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=204677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}