The Florida Supreme Court met on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 to discuss whether people with a concealed carry permit should be allowed to carry a gun in public. Dale Norman, who is a Fort Pierce resident, was arrested in 2012 for carrying a gun on his hip in public. A jury convicted Norman in July...Read More

A 40-year-old Port St. Lucie man was arrested late last week for impersonating a firefighter after a road rage incident when he allegedly shot at another motorist from a pickup truck. Police stopped the pickup a few miles away where the driver flashed a badge bearing the Hernando County logo and held himself out as...Read More

The TC Palm recently reported the arrest of a Port St. Lucie man in his home on Sunday. According to police, he had several stolen items on him that were taken from six vehicles in the Sundance Trail/ Southwest Cyrilla Trail area. Derrick Ronald Sheltra, 24, had taken several personal items from the vehicles and...Read More

Aaron Hill, the 17-year-old from Okeechobee who recently gained online fame when a video of him being beaten went viral, is once again in the headlines. On October 4, 2015, he was observed with a friend stealing speakers, shoes, phone chargers, and other items from a Walmart store. Furthermore, they ordered deli food and picked...Read More

A clerk at a St. Lucie food market is facing charges for illegally selling products that contain a prescription medication. Because of the unusual nature of the offense, the defendant will require the assistance of an attorney with experience in such specialized cases. He will need the help of a St Lucie drug defense lawyer....Read More

A Florida corrections officer has been arrested after he was caught holding a man at gunpoint. The man’s car had broken down on the side of the road. Jason Henry, who is the Martin County sheriff’s correction officer, stated he believed the man he held at gunpoint was connected with an altercation that took place...Read More

Police officers arrested a woman after she beat up her husband. The woman stated that the reason she beat her husband was because he would not delete naked photos that were on his phone. The woman, whose name is Summer Cade, stated that she and her husband were in the process of getting a divorce....Read More

Two people in Fort Pierce have been charged in a string of thefts. One of the people who was arrested is 29 year-old Clarence Terrell Ghee. He has been charged with larceny, fraudulent use of a credit card, robbery, two counts of battery and fraudulent possession of another person’s ID. There were prior warrants issued...Read More

A seven-week police investigation ended on Friday, August 7, with the arrest of 42-year-old Jayne Merchant for embezzlement. The Fort Pierce woman was charged with taking a total of $185,000 over the past two years from the office of Coastal Orthopedic and Sports Medicine in Port St. Lucie, where she was a bookkeeper. The sheriff’s...Read More

The police continue to expose underhanded drug trading methods. They even catch some culprits using business establishments to conduct their shady dealings. Officers recently arrested four people in Fort Pierce, Florida for selling drugs out of the store in which they worked. Police took down Timothy Hightower, Lawanda Northard, Kenneth Boatwright and Chester McCoy after...Read More