JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 17-year employee with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested Thursday following a domestic incident. Corrections Sgt. Donald Boston was charged with one count of domestic battery, a first-degree misdemeanor. Boston is accused of grabbing a family member who fell to the ground during the incident, police said.
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Boston was hired by JSO in May 2007 and promoted to sergeant in October 2022. Boston has been stripped of his authority as a corrections officer and placed on administrative status as a result of his arrest, Joe Cowan, director of JSO’s department of patrol and enforcement, said at a news conference Monday morning.
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Boston is the 14th JSO employee arrested this year, Cowan said.
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