JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said one of its employees has been arrested.
Corrections Officer Brandon Freeman was arrested for battery and improper exhibition of a firearm, Undersheriff Nick Burgos said.
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JSO’s Integrity Unit was notified on Sunday about an incident involving Freeman that happened on the Northside by a boat ramp and some sort of fight happened there, Burgos said.
Freeman has been with JSO for five years. The charges he’s facing are first-class misdemeanors, Burgos said.
Nine Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office police and corrections officers are now facing felony and misdemeanor charges after being arrested in 2022.
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