JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An employee in the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office communications center has been arrested on drug-related charges, Undersheriff Pat Ivey announced Friday.
Jacki Carnevale, a civilian employee with the sheriff's office for more than six years, is charged with one count of purchasing a controlled substance, a second-degree felony.
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Carnevale, a police emergency communications officer whose job was to take 911 or non-emergency calls and dispatch officers, resigned shortly after her arrest, Ivey said.
Ivey said the arrest was made after JSO received information that Carnevale, 35, was purchasing narcotics illegally. Ivey said the Special Investigations Integrity Unit set up a sting and with the help of a confidential informant sold a 40 mg tablet of Oxycontin to Carnevale.
Ivey said the deal, which took place in the driveway of a residence, was originally for more than one tablet, but Carnevale only had the money to purchase one at the time of the sting. He said JSO has reason to believe Carnevale purchased multiple tablets in the past.
Carnevale was arrested shortly after the drug deal in a traffic stop Friday morning, Ivey said. She was taken into custody without incident.