2 Jacksonville police officers, 1 former officers accused of stealing thousands in overtime pay
More current and former Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officers are under arrest for falsifying overtime.
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Thursday that JSO Sgt. Michael Rourke, Officer Christopher Sosa, and former officer Dylan Bostick were arrested on felony charges of grand theft, organized fraud, and official misconduct.
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This stems from JSO taking a hard look at overtime after another officer was arrested and accused of milking the clock earlier this year.
Between the four officers arrested for falsifying overtime since the beginning of the year, these officers are accused of taking nearly $50,000 in taxpayer funds, but Waters said he expects these arrests will be the last.
“Now, when they go and work these types of jobs, they’re gonna have to report to an on-duty supervisor. The on duty supervisor is gonna have to lay eyes on them and that is going into policy as we speak,” Waters said.
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Rourke was suspended March 12, Sosa was suspended March 3, and Bostick resigned on March 3.
As of Thursday afternoon, Bostick was not yet in custody, but he was expected to be shortly, as he was turning himself in.
None of these individuals have police authority and Waters said JSO will seek Rourke and Sosa’s termination.
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All 3 of the officers arrested Thursday had been with JSO at least a decade. Rourke’s hire date was April 27, 2009, Sosa was employed by JSO on Oct. 19, 2015, and Bostic started with JSO on Aug. 3, 2015.
After JSO’s Integrity Unit received information on Feb. 12 that traffic officer Christian Madsen intentionally submitted overtime claims for traffic work he did not perform, detectives began a larger investigation into officers getting overtime for traffic assignments.
Waters said the investigation revealed that Rourke, Bostick and Sosa wrongfully submitted claims for overtime. They either did not complete any or all of the work, Waters said.
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Rourke racked up 51 overtime hours between Dec. 1, 2025 and Feb. 7, 2026, totaling $4,600 in public funds.
Sosa recorded 147.5 overtime hours between Dec. 9, 2025 and Jan. 3, 2026, totaling $10,700.
Bostick submitted 243 hours in overtime between Dec. 1, 2025 and Feb. 23, 2026, totaling $18,000 in public funds.
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The payments were made by the City of Jacksonville’s payroll and Florida Department of Transportation grant reimbursements.
“The cumulative nature of these individuals’ conduct did demonstrate the deliberate and ongoing course of criminal behavior rather than a reflection of administrative error on an isolated action,” Waters said.
Waters said the supervisor in charge of signing off on the four officers’ overtime, Sgt. C. Plank, decided to leave the agency, though he was never formally the subject of any criminal or administrative investigations.
Action News Jax has learned that going back to 2020, Rourke earned $161,132.28 in overtime, Sosa earned $162,385.04, and Bostick earned $82,147.34 in overtime going back to 2020.
Waters said this is the 3rd, 4th, 5th arrests of JSO employees this year by JSO.
JSO also said it will seek to recoup lost taxpayer funds through the four officers that have been arrested and accused of falsifying overtime through the criminal justice process.
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