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Seminole County deputies caught in overtime fraud scheme, sheriff says

Kevin Jones faces charge of organized fraud

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Another Seminole County deputy has been charged in connection to an ongoing investigation regarding overtime reporting, according to the sheriff’s office.

In a release on Wednesday, deputies said that the deputy — identified as Kevin Jones — turned himself in after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Per investigators, Jones faces a charge of organized fraud, a third-degree felony.

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“This charge stems from the same investigation involving falsified off-duty overtime detail timesheets,” the release reads. “The investigation determined that Deputy Jones also submitted timesheets for hours not worked, resulting in compensation to which he was not entitled.”

The sheriff’s office said that Jones has been employed there since January 2016, but he was suspended back in August 2025 pending the outcome of the investigation. Jones has now been served with a notice of proposed discipline for termination by Sheriff Dennis Lemma.

The news comes after another deputy was similarly arrested back in February on allegations he submitted timesheets with overtime hours that he didn’t actually work.

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That deputy — identified as Nestor Nieves, Jr. — also turned himself in and faces a charge of organized fraud.

News 6 obtained court documents that reveal investigators started looking at Nieves’s timesheets when they noticed “inconsistencies” with his work at the Northwest Branch Library in Lake Mary.

According to the documents, Nieves would allegedly place himself on detail at the library just a few minutes — or even seconds — after clearing the school where he was stationed in Winter Park. The documents also allege that Nieves would intentionally turn off his location to hide it while on overtime detail.

Detectives believe he would intentionally leave the detail early but still claim four hours of overtime. From Oct. 1, 2024, to Aug. 31, 2025, he’s accused of pocketing $5,814 based on falsified overtime on his timecard.

Nieves Jr. has been with the sheriff’s office since September 2015 and was suspended in August 2025, pending the results of the investigation.


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