NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. — A Nassau County school safety officer is facing battery and false imprisonment charges.
Deputies say Officer Nancy Tollinchi assaulted two men during a traffic dispute and it was all caught on video.
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An arrest report from the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office said Tollinchi used her school board police car to block truck drivers from leaving the Rayonier property where they had been transporting trees.
The report goes on to say Tollinchi yelled and used profane language with the drivers, pushing one of the men, scratching his face, and knocking off his glasses.
When a second man approached Tollinchi while trying to intervene, the report said she placed her arm around his neck, causing him to fall to the ground.
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According to a Facebook post previously shared by Bryceville Elementary School, Tollinchi was named Employee of the Year last school year.
The Nassau County School District sent Action News Jax the following statement on Tuesday:
“Officer Tollinchi has been assigned duties which do not involve contact with students, until completion of our investigation. The earliest the School Board could take formal action would be at its regularly scheduled, monthly meeting on October 9, 2025. She has served as the School Resource Officer at Bryceville Elementary for the past three years.”
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