A Florida cop has been arrested after allegedly collecting overtime payments while spending time with his girlfriend, who was also his boss.
Christian R. Madsen, 31, was arrested on February 25 after allegedly earning more than $14,000 over 200 hours of falsely claimed shifts.
Addressing reporters, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters confirmed that investigators with his integrity unit has been investigating Madsen since earlier this month.
A tip-off highlighted claims made between December 1, 2025, and February 7, 2026.
Speaking at the press conference, Sheriff Waters claimed that Madsen had spent some of his shifts at the home of JSO Chief of Patrol Support Jaime Eason.
“We started looking into it about three weeks ago, and we did find that he had traveled to her home during those overtime hours, and there was a relationship,” Sheriff Waters said. “It took three weeks of really hard work by these detectives, very in-depth work by these detectives to make a case, a very strong case to bring him to justice.”
Jaime Eason was the first woman to be appointed as chief of the patrol division. Shortly after taking on the role in 2022, she told News 4 Jax that she hoped that her appointment would inspire young women.
She said, “I love that because I can then say, hey, you know – to the young officers that are females or just young kids -‘Hey, work hard, and you can get to where you need to get and lead.’”
Now, Sheriff Waters says that Eason has resigned from her role.
“I’m very disappointed. She knows that. We talked,” he added. “When someone messes it up, then we have to address it, so we’ve done that.”
The sheriff also said his officers are still investigating whether Eason knew Madsen was on duty when he was at her home.
Meanwhile, Madsen has been suspended and is also facing possible termination.
Sheriff Waters said the allegations against Madsen represented a “deliberate, ongoing course of criminal behavior, rather than a reflection of an administrative error or isolated accident.”
The suspect was charged with grand theft, organized fraud and official misconduct on February 25. All three charges are third-degree felonies.
An arrest report seen by The Jacksonville Florida Times-Union revealed that the investigation into Madsen compared the officer’s cellphone location data with internal and external safeguards. The probe also saw computer-aided dispatch records, radio transmission logs and other databases being pored over by investigators.
Madsen’s employment history, as reported by TheTimes-Union, suggests he has been involved in several “chargeable” traffic crashes throughout his career. The alleged incidents took place in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
He also allegedly violated body-camera policy in 2021 and failed to attend required training or a scheduled appointment in 2024.
The Independent has contacted the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office for comment.
