ORANGE PARK – A man suspected of driving under the influence is now facing charges of threatening a Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputy.

Michael Christopher Dyne, 34, of Middleburg, was charged on Sept. 28 with DUI and threatening death or bodily harm to law enforcement after he tried to drive away from a restaurant on Blanding Boulevard. According to the arrest report, Dyne drove through a parking lot and crashed into a curb and a tree at another restaurant.

He tried to hide behind his truck when he saw deputies. According to the report, he had trouble standing up after he was detained. When he was asked if he’d submit to a field sobriety test, he cursed at the deputy and threatened him.

Dyne’s bond was set at $15,006.

Former JSO officer sentenced for attempting online sexual

enticement of child

JACKSONVILLE – Chief U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced Alejandro Carmona-Fonseca, 49, of Green Cove Springs, to 11 years and eight months in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release for attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.

Carmona-Fonseca pleaded guilty on Dec. 14. He has been detained since his June 6, 2022 arrest. Carmona-Fonseca was employed as an officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

According to court documents, this case began when the Clay County Sheriff’s Office received a report from My Time Fitness in Lake Asbury that a gym member, Carmona-Fonseca, sent a nude photo to another gym member, a minor child (MV1). During an interview with CCSO, MV1 said Carmona-Fonseca had requested MV1’s Snapchat account, and MV1 provided it to him. MV1 told Carmona-Fonseca he was in high school. Carmona-Fonseca sent images and videos with his genitals exposed to MV1. At one point, Carmona-Fonseca sent MV1 a picture of himself in his police uniform and wrote, “you can call me your police daddy.” At times, Carmona-Fonseca would ask for shirtless pictures of MV1. 

With the consent of MV1 and his parents, CCSO assumed MV1’s identity over Snapchat and, on March 3, 2022, a Homeland Security Investigations Task Force Officer/CCSO detective began communicating with Carmona-Fonseca using MV1’s Snapchat account. The TFO confirmed that Carmona-Fonseca was friends with MV1 and that location services were available on Snapchat. The TFO observed Carmona-Fonseca’s location numerous times during the chat. Carmona-Fonseca’s location showed him next to a JSO substation on numerous occasions, the areas where he worked as a patrol officer, near his residence, and near the gym he frequented. The TFO communicated with Carmona-Fonseca on March 3 and March 4, 2022. During those conversations, Carmona-Fonseca sent a video in his police uniform. He also sent one in which he was nude with his genitals exposed. Carmona-Fonseca also made several requests for nude videos of MV1 flexing. Carmona-Fonseca said that everything stayed between them and because it was Snapchat, it would disappear.

Further investigation by law enforcement also identified additional victims that Carmona-Fonseca had exploited over 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 HSI Jacksonville Assistant Special Agent in Charge K. Jim Phillips. “Alongside our law enforcement partners, HSI and the Northeast Florida INTERCEPT Task Force will continue to aggressively target those who prey upon our children.”

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations and the Northeast Florida INTERCEPT Task Force investigated the case. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley Washington. 

It is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.