JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office lieutenant who shot into a semi-truck on Interstate 95 in March has had three complaints filed against him in his 21-year career with the agency, according to his personnel and disciplinary files.
News4JAX reviewed more than 300 pages from Lieutenant Marc Crawford’s files and found all complaints against him were either “not sustained” or “unfounded.”
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On March 10, Crawford “came into contact” with a semi-truck driver, identified as 70-year-old James Debardeleben, while driving during rush hour on I-95.
Then, JSO said Crawford, who was in plain clothes and in an unmarked vehicle, got out of his car and engaged with Debardeleben before firing four rounds into the truck, which ended up in the engine bay.
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A JSO spokesperson told News4JAX the driver suffered a “non-penetrating gunshot wound,” which was defined as a bruise.
Crawford was taken to the hospital with what police described as a “shoulder injury.”
To this day, the circumstances surrounding the shooting are unknown, and it is still unclear whether charges have been filed.
On March 12, Sheriff T.K. Waters said the details of the incident were still unclear because Crawford had not made a statement. As a law enforcement officer, Crawford has the right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment, so he didn’t immediately have to give a statement to his employer, JSO.
According to the crash report, obtained by News4JAX in early April, investigators found Crawford at fault for the crash, and a diagram showed the two positions that Crawford’s vehicle was in during the traffic incident.
According to his personnel and disciplinary files, Crawford became a full-time officer for JSO in 2004.
Documents show he was promoted to sergeant in 2016 and promoted to lieutenant in 2021.
His file also includes records on three complaints over his career. In two of the cases, the allegations were not sustained, and the third was deemed unfounded. The most recent of the three was in 2015.
His file also contains about a dozen commendations as well as positive performance reviews throughout his time on the force.
The I-95 incident was Crawford’s fourth officer-involved shooting in his career with JSO.
Crawford was originally placed on administrative leave following the shooting.
However, JSO told News4JAX on April 9 that Crawford had returned to work and was administratively reassigned to the Tele-Serv team, which takes reports on minor incidents over the phone in order to relieve officers to handle more serious investigations.
JSO told News4JAX on Friday that the investigation into the shooting is still ongoing, and added that Crawford is still working for the Tele-Serv team.