CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — The Clay County Sheriff’s Office announced that a now-former bailiff with the agency was arrested on Monday, April 21st.
Officials say Johnathan Jones is now being charged with grand theft and scheming to defraud after forging military leave documents from the Georgia State Defense Force.
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He reportedly was a soldier with the Georgia Defense Force, but had been forging false leave orders beginning in February 2024.
Since then, detectives said he managed to take 39 days of military leave, allowing him to collect more than $8 thousand from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office without working.
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Officials said that while Jones was claiming to be participating in Georgia military missions and training, he was actually in Clay, Duval, St. Johns and Orange counties.
Jones has since resigned from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
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