Florida detective dies after lifelong battle with diabetes

Published May 8, 2019 4:48 PM EDT

A Florida detective has passed away after a lifelong battle with diabetes.

The Fernandina Beach Police Department posted on Facebook that Detective Matt Douglass passed away on Tuesday at his home in Yulee after a lifelong bout with diabetes. 

They said that Matt joined the police department in 2014 and was one of our representatives on the Multi-Agency Narcotics Task Force.

This story was written in Orlando, Florida.