JACKSONVILLE — A local police officer is under investigation after he was arrested for trespassing at the home of a former girlfriend, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Speaking from JSO headquarters Wednesday, Undersheriff Pat Ivey said officers responded to a woman’s home Tuesday night after she spotted her ex-boyfriend looking through a window and called the police. Ivey said the man was identified as 8-year JSO veteran Max A. Hovey.
Ivey said the 34-year-old officer did not resign and will now go through criminal proceedings, during which he will be stripped of police powers.
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Four JSO employees have been arrested so far in 2022. Ten JSO employees were arrested in 2021.