JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Sheriff T.K. Waters with the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office announced the arrest of now former JSO police officer Claude Fleurimond on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Fleurimond is charged with one count of false imprisonment (3rd degree felony) and one count of stalking (1st degree misdemeanor).<\/p>\n
According to the arrest report, on December 5th, JSO\u2019s Integrity Unit got a complaint that Fleurimond was stalking his former girlfriend. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n The report says that she met Fleurimond in July 2024 while he was on duty at a gas station. They dated on and off for a year, and throughout this time, when she didn\u2019t want to talk to him, she blocked his calls.<\/p>\n According to the report, the last time the victim spoke to Fleurimond was \u201caround July 2025, when her cell phone was damaged and she obtained a new one with a different phone number.\u201d<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t until late October, the report states that \u201cshe noticed a grey BMW sitting out near her work parking lot, and when she left work, she noticed the BMW followed her to I-295 from Imeson Rd. She said she became nervous as the vehicle began making every lane switch she made while on I-295.\u201d<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n Two days later, the victim said a JSO patrol vehicle parked in the same area where the grey BMW was parked.<\/p>\n \u201cFleurimond actually conducted a traffic stop on his former girlfriend in his marked JSO police vehicle,\u201d said Sheriff Waters. \u201cUsing his police authority to detain his former girlfriend, Fleurimond then questioned her about why she was no longer communicating with him.\u201d <\/p>\n According to the arrest report, the victim said Fleurimond did not perform any law enforcement actions during the traffic stop and had no valid reason to stop. It went on to say that she did not report the interaction due to not knowing what she could do about it.<\/p>\n Then, in December, the arrest report said that when the victim was about to leave work, a co-worker called her and told her that the grey BMW was again parked near the business. The coworker offered to take her vehicle to bait the grey BMW to see if it would follow, and it did.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Sheriff T.K. Waters reiterated that no one is above the law. \u201cIf investigators find that there is probable cause to support a criminal allegation of a JSO employee after a comprehensive investigation, this agency will hold that employee accountable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Fleurimond resigned after his arrest on Tuesday. His arrest marks the sixth JSO employee arrested by the agency this year. According to Action News Jax records, there have been eight total JSO employees arrested this year. 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