{"id":504171,"date":"2026-01-09T17:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/504171\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:06:11","slug":"jacksonville-man-arrested-in-nassau-county-on-allegations-of-child-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/504171\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville man arrested in Nassau County on allegations of child sexual abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Rhoden, 23, is accused of sexually abusing a young child over the course of several years, both in Jacksonville and Hilliard.<\/p>\n<p>NASSAU COUNTY, Fla \u2014 A Jacksonville man accused of sexually abusing a young child over the course of several years, both in Jacksonville and Hilliard, was arrested Monday on multiple child sex abuse charges, the Nassau County Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Colby Garrett Rhoden, 23, faces two counts of sexual battery and two counts of lewd or lascivious battery.<\/p>\n<p>NCSO said its investigation revealed that the alleged abuse began when the victim was a young child, and continued over several years. Investigators determined the incidents initially occurred in Jacksonville and later continued in Hilliard.<\/p>\n<p>According to NCSO, the victim told investigators in October 2024 that the abuse continued after Rhoden turned 18.<\/p>\n<p>NCSO said the victim described one incident of abuse to them. The victim reportedly told investigators that on one occasion, Rhoden invited the victim into a room to watch television with him, which was when he would isolate them and commit the abuse. The victim stated they were &#8220;too afraid to refuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rhoden was taken into custody Monday and booked into the Nassau County Jail and Detention Center on a bond exceeding $100,000, NCSO said.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e582c5c6-8c3c-4069-a8f8-68523615fde7_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e582c5c6-8c3c-4069-a8f8-68523615fde7_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colby Rhoden, 23, is accused of sexually abusing a young child over the course of several years, both&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":504172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-504171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115866238035906309","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}