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Published on January 15, 2025
Ex-Nassau County Correction Deputy Charged with Child Abuse of 4-Year-Old Autistic ChildSource: Google Street View

A Nassau County Correction Deputy has been fired and charged with child abuse involving a 4-year-old nonverbal autistic child, according to the Nassau County Sheriff's Office. Mason Codi Moore has been under investigation since reports of the suspected abuse emerged at Wolfson Children's Hospital. He faces a third-degree felony charge of child abuse without great bodily harm, according to a statement from News4JAX.

The case began when hospital staff reported the child's injuries to authorities on Wednesday last week. A subsequent investigation by a Nassau County Sheriff's Office detective revealed inconsistencies between the bruising on the child and Moore's account of the events, leading to his termination from the Sheriff's Office, where he had worked for one year, as detailed by the Action News Jax.

As reported by First Coast News, Sheriff Bill Leeper said, "As law enforcement officers, we're held to the highest standards of conduct, and we take any allegations of abuse extremely seriously, especially when they involve our most vulnerable citizens."