JSO officer accused of falsely claiming $14K of overtime was with girlfriend instead, who was also his boss: Sheriff

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office 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.

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.

According to Waters, after getting a tip on Feb. 12 of this year, the Integrity Unit’s investigation focused on a period from Dec. 1, 2025, to Feb. 7, 2026, during which Madsen submitted overtime claims for traffic enforcement for over 200 hours that he did not work…

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