A Nassau County firefighter who was arrested this month in Clay County and charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and armed robbery has resigned from Nassau County Fire-Rescue, the News4Jax I-TEAM has learned. The I-TEAM obtained Brian Bausch's personnel file, which included personnel documents from St. Johns County that were given to Nassau County hiring managers when they were making the consideration to hire Bausch. According to more than 120 pages of personnel documents, Nassau County officials were fully aware of Bauschs past when they chose to hire him two years ago. RELATED: Attempted robbery at hotel leads to firefighter's arrest, deputies say |Hotel arrest wasn't firefighter's 1st brush with law enforcement, I-TEAM learnsNassau County hiring managers also had possession of a 2016 St. Johns County pre-termination notice that was in Bauschs St. Johns County personnel file. His eight-year career with St. Johns County Fire-Rescue came to an end.

Brian Bausch's personnel file showing he meet requirements to be a firefighter; yet the county's hiring manager knew it was a risk hiring him. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

The arrest last week of a Nassau County firefighter accused of attempted armed robbery and putting several people in fear at a Clay County hotel wasn't his first encounter with law enforcement, the News4Jax I-TEAM learned. RELATED: Attempted robbery at hotel leads to firefighter's arrest, deputies sayClay County deputies eventually arrested Bausch, 41, at gunpoint outside McCormicks door. At the time of his 2016 arrest, Bausch was an eight-year veteran firefighter with St. Johns County Fire-Rescue. The Nassau County human resources office told the I-TEAM that it did conduct a background check on Bausch. A chief with Nassau County Fire-Rescue told News4Jax that Bausch has been employed with the agency for just over two years.