Jacksonville woman accused of helping suspect in Nassau County deputy murder

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CALLAHAN, Fla. – A Jacksonville pistillate accused of helping a antheral suspected successful the execution of a Nassau County lawman was arrested Tuesday, according to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office.

Breiana Tole, 27, is accused of driving to the sports analyzable westbound of Callahan successful an effort to assistance Patrick McDowell get retired of the country and flight arrest, according to an apprehension report. She present faces felony accessory aft the information charges.

Timeline: Events pursuing shooting of Deputy Joshua Moyers, starring to apprehension of Patrick McDowell

At the clip she was allegedly attempting to assistance McDowell, she knew that helium was accused of sidesplitting Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers, according to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office.

McDowell was recovered hiding retired successful a bath gathering astatine the Kirsten Higginbotham Sports Complex connected Tuesday, 5 days aft helium allegedly changeable Moyers.

Moyers died from his injuries connected Sunday.

Tole was arrested Tuesday for an discourtesy that took spot connected Ball Park Road astatine the code wherever McDowell yet surrendered, according to the report.

According to the heavy redacted apprehension study obtained by News4Jax, McDowell was successful connection with Tole connected Monday afternoon, but it’s not wide what helium told her.

Investigators were capable to hunt Tole’s compartment phone, with her written consent, but it’s besides not wide what they recovered connected the telephone owed to redactions successful the report.

The Sheriff’s Office told News4Jax that Tole was not the pistillate successful a van with McDowell the nighttime helium allegedly shot Moyers doubly during a postulation stop.

Tole is being held successful the Nassau County Jail connected a $1 cardinal bond.

During a property league connected Tuesday, Sheriff Bill Leeper indicated determination whitethorn beryllium much than 1 idiosyncratic that was helping McDowell.

“We are successful the process of making different arrests to find who helped [McDowell]. There were immoderate radical who were helping him. And we’ve got 1 astatine slightest successful custody, determination whitethorn beryllium immoderate more, we don’t cognize yet but we’ll proceed to investigate,” Leeper said.