JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A now-former Jacksonville corrections officer is accused of attempted sexual battery in Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n
Erik L. Zapata, 21, had an active arrest warrant from the Manatee County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office announced Friday in a news release.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n JSO\u2019s Integrity Unit was made aware of the warrant on Thursday, and Zapata \u201chas since been taken into custody,\u201d JSO said.<\/p>\n Zapata was employed by JSO for just over two years and has resigned his position.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n JSO said Zapata\u2019s arrest marks the 10th arrest of a JSO employee in 2026.<\/p>\n Action News Jax is reaching out to MCSO to obtain Zapata\u2019s arrest report and to see if his mugshot is available.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/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 Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A now-former Jacksonville corrections officer is accused of attempted sexual battery in Southwest Florida. Erik…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[692,12637,3971,12638,12639,12640,3973,7959,3977,3978,2770,705,12641,6354,287,12642,116,118,117,1225,712,12643,3988,12644,12645,132,12646,12647,1184,3995,12648,12649,12650],"class_list":["post-263909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-arrest","tag-bdsm","tag-bondage","tag-bracelets","tag-capture","tag-chains","tag-closed","tag-closeup","tag-criminal","tag-cuffs","tag-detail","tag-enforcement","tag-equipment","tag-focus","tag-handcuffs","tag-imprisonment","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jail","tag-law","tag-locked","tag-metal","tag-metal-handcuffs","tag-metalllic","tag-police","tag-presentation","tag-restraint-devices","tag-security","tag-shackles","tag-tabletop","tag-torture","tag-vintage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263909","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=263909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}