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.
Sgt. Michael Rourke, Officer Christopher Sosa and former Officer Dylan Bostick are each charged with grand theft, organized fraud and official misconduct, which are all third-degree felonies.
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Rourke was suspended on March 12; Sosa was suspended on March 3; and Bostick resigned on March 3. Waters said Bostick 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, 56, was paid 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, Waters said.
Sosa, 39, submitted 147.5 overtime hours from Dec. 9, 2025, to Jan. 23, 2026, resulting in more than $10,700 in overtime pay, the sheriff said.
Bostick, 35, submitted 243 hours from Dec. 1, 2025, to Feb. 23, 2026, resulting in $18,000 in false payments, according to Waters.
Investigators used cellphone data, a lack of radio communications and other evidence to show that Rourke, Sosa and Bostick were not where they said they were during the overtime claims.
The sheriff said that after the arrest of former officer Christian Madsen, who was accused of falsely claiming $14,000 of overtime when he was actually spending time with his girlfriend, the integrity unit launched investigations into all traffic overtime claims.
Waters said the cases are not connected to Madsen’s case, but were found as part of the follow-up investigation.
“These guys had knowledge that they could do this, and they were taking advantage of the system,” Waters said.
Rourke, 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 and that 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.
Rourke 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.