{"id":18520,"date":"2025-06-27T07:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T07:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18520\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T07:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T07:54:13","slug":"petit-theft-charge-against-former-jacksonville-officer-dropped-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18520\/","title":{"rendered":"Petit theft charge against former Jacksonville officer dropped \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Prosecutors have dropped the theft charge against a former Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Officer who was arrested in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Shane Metz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/jacksonville-sheriffs-office-give-details-arrest-current-police-officer\/CTXBZNEDFRF3DBEGK5XHS7JREA\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/jacksonville-sheriffs-office-give-details-arrest-current-police-officer\/CTXBZNEDFRF3DBEGK5XHS7JREA\/\"><b>accused of taking a woman\u2019s handbag<\/b><\/a> when he arrested her in December.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Metz resigned after his March arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">On Thursday, prosecutors dropped a charge of petit theft against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The court paperwork indicates it was due to \u201clack of evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Metz worked for JSO for under three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>] <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Click here<\/b><\/a><b> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to 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