{"id":597583,"date":"2026-02-18T01:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/597583\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T01:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:53:13","slug":"four-jacksonville-firefighters-reassigned-and-demoted-after-criminal-mischief-paintball-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/597583\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Jacksonville firefighters reassigned and demoted after criminal mischief paintball arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/150500da8752dbca08089d1d0aeb2731.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Action News Jax Ben Becker has learned that four Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department firefighters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/four-jacksonville-firefighters-arrested-after-paintball-prank-war-police-say\/ZPNBNYHAKNDL7KLDLHDXIJN4FI\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:arrested;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">arrested <\/a>on misdemeanor criminal mischief charges have now been reassigned and demoted following a criminal investigation into paintball guns being fired in Downtown Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The transfers come with a pay reduction and remove the firefighters from the Special Operations Team at Fire Station 4 for a minimum of one year. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/another-jfrd-firefighter-placed-leave-amid-jso-paintball-prank-investigation\/W2A46HFMUFBNVLMRODJH6JOZFI\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fifth firefighter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fifth firefighter<\/a>, who was not arrested, has been suspended without pay for 72 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Becker first reported in January, the arrests by the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Firefighters Arrested<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Engineer Landon T. Simmons, 30<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Engineer Wesley P. Parker, 32<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Engineer Tristen C. Harrison, 25<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Firefighter Colby B. Lesage, 23<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All four face misdemeanor criminal mischief charges in connection to a December incident involving shooting paintball guns at property, civilians, and a JSO cruiser. They have all pleaded not-guilty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>] <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Action News Jax Ben Becker has learned that four Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department firefighters arrested on misdemeanor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":597584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,21994,51680,18605,3188,723,7310,16047,257732,257733,257734,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-597583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-criminal-investigation","11":"tag-criminal-mischief","12":"tag-downtown-jacksonville","13":"tag-fl","14":"tag-florida","15":"tag-jacksonville","16":"tag-jacksonville-sheriffs-office","17":"tag-misdemeanor-criminal-mischief-charges","18":"tag-paintball-guns","19":"tag-the-firefighters","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116089140322790877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597583","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=597583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}