The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has arrested of one of its correctional officers on a charge of child abuse of a non-sexual nature, a third-degree felony.
The agency's Integrity Unit began investigating Officer Darrick Scott on Thursday after a child reported an injury at school. Scott was arrested Friday morning, Sheriff T.K. Waters said.
Scott had been employed with the Sheriff's Office for 4½ years. He resigned upon his arrest.
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