YULEE, Fla. -- Allegations of misuse of public money have led to the suspension of four Nassau County administrators.
Nassau County Sheriff Tommy Seagraves said last Friday he was approached by a group of concerned Nassau County taxpayers, who hired a private investigator to trail the officials, who traveled to attend the governor's hurricane conference in Ft. 
Seagraves said he has seen an hour and half worth of video that was taken by the private investigator and is now part of the investigation.
The concerned taxpayers, who wanted to remain anonymous, gave First Coast News video clips. The video showed the county officials walking near a dock and hanging out on a hotel balcony with beverages in their hands.
One video clip shows a man and a woman embracing and caressing in a dimly lit outdoor area. Another video clip appears to show a nude woman standing on a balcony.
"It's an embarrassment to our community. It's an embarrassment to
When asked to characterize the video, Seagraves said that some portions he would not want to show his wife or see published in a church bulletin. He said the behavior in the video was unbecoming of county officials but would not specify what he meant.
"We are going to have to determine what did occur at the conference," said Seagraves, who has reams of documentation detailing the nearly $4,000 taxpayers invested in sending the department heads to the conference.
County manager Ted Selby said he started work on the paperwork last week after being contacted by Sheriff Seagraves.
"I am not going to discuss anything that is on the video," said Selby, who added the employees have more than 70 years of combined service to the county.
Seagraves said he intends to ask an outside law
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