JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A fired Jacksonville sheriff’s officer arrested after confirming he made a young woman strip following a domestic violence call now faces a federal child pornography charge in a separate case, according to court documents.

John Carlos Joseph Burgos, 35, was initially charged Oct. 31 with false imprisonment of an adult and battery causing bodily harm, according to jail records. Announcing the arrest, the Sheriff’s Office said the six-year officer was suspended without pay and would be terminated.

Property seized during that arrest led to his Feb. 5 indictment on a charge of attempted production of child pornography, according to that document obtained Saturday by the Times-Union. Only one count is listed, but the time frame spanned four years from 2015 to 2019.

The indictment did not provide details of the offense other than it involved enticing or coercing “a minor to engage in any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct” to be transmitted.

The Times-Union is seeking comment from the Federal Defender’s Office representing Burgos.

He also is awaiting trial for the state charge. A less-redacted arrest report in that case provided much more details, some too explicit to report.

It began with a domestic violence call about 4 p.m. that Burgos was dispatched to that led to the victim’s boyfriend being arrested. Afterward, he returned to the scene to provide the woman information on a Safe Place to reside, but without equipping his body-worn camera, according to the report.

The woman, 21, said told her, “You’re a beautiful girl,” gave her a fist bump and offered to buy items for her baby. She said she declined, and he asked if they could talk upstairs in her unit. He said he was questioning his decision to only arrest her boyfriend and asked her to expose her chest to check for injuries. That’s when she realized he wasn’t wearing his bodycam and tried to secretly turn on her cellphone video. But he caught on and asked if she was recording, so she stopped in fear of what he might do.

She said she complied and exposed her breasts and he asked her to turn around so he could check her back. Shortly after that, he requested her to remove her top again and “cup” and lift her breasts, and she complied. She said he was continually checking his cellphone and had it pointed in her direction as though he was taking pictures or video.

“The victim advised the suspect made multiple references to not arresting her earlier for various reasons,” according to the report.

He then asked her if her boyfriend had sexually assaulted her, which was never alleged, and to which she denied. But he asked to check her again. She said she was scared but this time was able to covertly activate her cellphone video and record several minutes. He requested her to remove her clothes, which she did and he inspected her below the waste front and back, according to her account to investigators. After she put her clothes back on, he gave her a hug before leaving. She called her mother and then 911 to report it.

Burgos was interviewed by the Sherff’s Office Integrity Unit and confirmed he had gone back there without his bodycam on his uniform and requested she remove her top twice for the purpose of looking for evidence. He denied requesting to see her naked but “merely wanted to check her inner thighs from the front and rear to look for possible bruising,” the report states.

His arrest followed another similar one just five weeks earlier of sheriff’s officer Reginald Reynard McKinney, 46, who was charged with false imprisonment and battery following a traffic stop of a woman. 

This story was first published by The Florida Times-Union.