JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sheriff T.K. Waters announced the arrests of two active Jacksonville police officers and one former officer accused of falsely claiming thousands of dollars in overtime.
Waters said Sergeant Michael Rourke, Officer Christopher Sosa and former officer Dylan Bostick were each accused of organized fraud and misconduct, which are all third-degree felonies.
Rourke was suspended on March 12, Sosa was suspended on March 3, and Bostick resigned on March 3 and Waters said he is expected to turn himself in.
Waters said that JSO is seeking to terminate Rourke and Sosa.
The sheriff said the investigation revealed that all three had not completed any or all of the traffic enforcement work for which they claimed compensation.
Rourke received compensation for 51 overtime hours that he didn’t complete between Dec. 1, 2025, and Feb. 7, 2026, resulting in more than $4,600 in public funds.
Sosa submitted 147.5 overtime hours from Dec. 9, 2025, to Jan. 23, 2026, resulting in more than $10,700 in overtime pay.
Bostick submitted 243 hours from Dec. 1, 2025, to Feb. 23, 2026, resulting in $18,000.
“The cumulative nature of these individuals’ conduct didn’t demonstrate a deliberate and ongoing course of criminal behavior, rather than a reflection of administrative error on an isolated action based on the totality of the circumstances,” Waters said.
Roark, Sosa and Bostick’s arrests are the third, fourth and fifth arrests of JSO employees in 2026. Waters said they don’t anticipate additional arrests stemming from traffic and overtime misconduct.
The sheriff said that after the arrest of former officer Christian Madsen who was accused of falsely claiming $14,000 of overtime, the integrity unit launched investigations into all of the traffic overtime claims. Waters said the cases are not connected.
“That just appears to be these guys had knowledge that they could do this and they were taking advantage of the system,” Waters said.
Waters also said the agency is working to prevent this from happening in the future.
“They’re going to have to report to an on-duty supervisor; [the supervisor] is going to have to lay eyes on them and that is going into policy as we speak,” he said.
Roark was hired April 27, 2009, Sosa was hired Oct. 19, 2015, and Bostic was hired Aug. 3, 2015.
News4JAX spoke with Bostick back in September 2024 after JSO launched a social media series to address dangerous driving habits.