Joe Nathan Jones, Jr.

Collier County Sheriff's Office — Naples, FL

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch December 13, 1997

Age 35

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Sergeant Joe Jones was killed after being involved in a two-car vehicle crash at the intersection of Everglades Boulevard and Oil Well Road. As Sergeant Jones entered the intersection, he was struck on the driver's side of his marked patrol car. His patrol unit left the roadway and struck a tree. Sergeant Jones died instantly. The driver of the other vehicle did not stop at the stop sign. The driver was driving under the influence with a BAC of .07. He was charged with vehicular homicide but acquitted. Sergeant Jones was a United States Marine Corps veteran and served with the Collier County Sheriff's Office for 12 years with the Uniform Patrol, SWAT, Vice/Narcotics, and the D.R.I.L.L. Academy for troubled youths.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Jones gave the Collier County Sheriff's Office 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Naples community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Collier County Sheriff's Office

Location Naples, FL

Platform Identity ccso.collier.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 13, 1997

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved

Offender Acquitted

Military Service

Joe Nathan Jones, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Sergeant Joe Nathan Jones, Jr. is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Collier County Sheriff's Office, 5 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.

Collier County Sheriff's Office

of 11 officers

45.5% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious