JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A former Jacksonville Sheriff's officer was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison Tuesday after pleading guilty in December to sending nude photos to a teenage boy.
Alejandro Carmona-Fonseca, 48, will also spend 15 years under supervised release after serving his 11 year sentence.
Carmona-Fonseca pleaded guilty last year to attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. He was originally arrested in March 2022.
Investigators received a tip that Carmona-Fonseca befriended a Clay County 16-year-old boy at a My Time Fitness gym in Lake Asbury. The victim, a high school student, believed he was going to receive workout advice from Carmona-Fonseca, according to investigators.
Carmona-Fonseca requested the victim send him photos on Snapchat with his shirt off, investigators said, and sent the boy full-frontal nude photos.
At one point, Carmona-Fonseca sent the victim a photo of himself in uniform with the caption "you can call me your police daddy," a release from the Department of Justice states.
Carmona-Fonseca asked the teen several times for nude videos with him flexing. Carmona-Fonseca said everything would stay between them because they were using Snapchat and the videos would disappear, the release says.
The investigation further revealed Carmona-Fonseca had exploited more victims using Snapchat.
“Instead of honoring his oath to serve and protect, this former law enforcement officer chose to use his position of trust to exploit the innocence of the very children he was charged with protecting,” said Homeland Security Investigations Jacksonville Assistant Special Agent in Charge K. Jim Phillips.
Carmona-Fonseca had worked for the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office for 15 years at the time of his arrest.
Following his arrest, JSO released Carmona-Fonseca’s job history, showing 28 discipline issues in his 15 years with JSO, half of them sustained by investigators. Some complaints included road rage and downplaying domestic violence.
Carmona-Fonseca previously made headlines for a confrontation with a woman which ended in her teeth being broken.