INVESTIGATES: JSO officer facing felony charges also has long history of complaints

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — We’re learning more about a JSO officer accused of sending explicit images of himself to a teenage boy.

We first told you about Alejandro Carmona-Fonseca last week.

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The 47-year-old is facing three felony charges and is currently suspended.

Action News Jax’s Courtney Cole looked through five pages of Alejandro Carmona-Fonseca’s Administrative Investigation History.

It showed a total of 28 complaints from 2008 and as recent as 2021.

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Dale Carson, our Action News Jax law and safety expert, said this number of complaints is unusual.

Carmona-Fonseca’s administrative history, provided by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, shows quite the gamut of complaints about the JSO officer.

They range from “bias-based performance” to “rudeness” to “unbecoming conduct” and violation of JSO’s body-worn camera policy.

“When I look at that list, I’m struck by the fact that it’s been going on since 2008,” Carson said.

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Carson has several years of experience in law enforcement as a Miami-Dade police officer and a FBI special agent. He also runs a criminal defense law firm.

“Mostly, misbehavior by law enforcement is not noted in any real way. But here it has been, which should be a clue to law enforcement that this induvial is suffering from sort of difficulty in relating to people,” Carson told Action News Jax.

Carson said it’s not unusual for seasoned officers, who have suffered for many years on the front line, to get what we would consider an “attitude.”

“And it needs to be taught out of them, but the administration has to recognize that for what it is,” said Carson.

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Carmona-Fonseca was also linked to an incident in 2020 involving a scuffle between a Jacksonville woman named Brittany Williams and several JSO officers, which was caught on a body camera.

“Certainly, an individual like that shouldn’t generally be exposed to the public,” Carson said.

Carmona-Fonseca chose not to resign, so he was placed on emergency suspension when he was arrested, according to Christian Hancock, a public information officer for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

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Hancock told me Carmona-Fonseca remains on leave without pay tonight.

If you’re wondering why he hasn’t been fired, Hancock said, “His position as a police officer affords him civil service protection, meaning there is a process that must be followed before he can be terminated.”

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