CRIME & SAFETY
Gunfire exchange damages homes, vehicles off Oslo Road; search for shooters ongoing
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – Homes and vehicles damaged in an exchange of gunfire by at least two men in an Oslo Road area neighborhood began what authorities said is an ongoing search for the suspected shooters. Calls of gunshots with accounts of people fleeing throughout 11th Street Southwest and...
Crime Blotter: April 25
Ricardo Alfonso Barrera, 57, of the 600 block of Stevenson Avenue, Sebastian; Status: Held on $45,500 bond; Charge(s): four counts of criminal use of personal ID information, organized fraud/obtain property under $20K, four counts of grand theft less than $5K, four counts of cash deposit bank item with intent to defraud.
Stabbing sends 1 man to the hospital in Fort Pierce
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The Fort Pierce Police Department said Thursday it is investigating a stabbing. Antonio Gonzalez, a 70-year-old man, was taken into custody and transported to St. Lucie County Jail and was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The police department said its officers responded...
Crime Blotter: April 23
Russ Joshua Galvan, 30, of Fort Pierce; Status: Held without bond; Charge(s): resisting officer without violence, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. Jack Lee Jenkins, 68, of the 1100 block of Ponce De Leon Circle, Vero Beach; Status: Released Tuesday on $500 bond; Charge(s): exposure of...
Citizens advisory boards can and should provide oversight into alleged police misconduct
Fort Pierce resident Levonte Smith recently beat an attempted first-degree murder charge, but lost many of his worldly possessions in the process. While Smith was awaiting trial, the police allegedly lost, destroyed or disposed of his belongings, including credit and debit cards, his birth certificate, his Social Security card, his car keys, cell phone, ear buds, jewelry, clothing and shoes.
Millions in federal grants help local police and first responders boost training, buy gear
The Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce is known as one of the “most comprehensive” and “technologically advanced” sites in the country to train law enforcement officers, fire fighters and other emergency first responders. The 50-acre compound has gained international acclaim for its “proactive approach”...
Florida man accused of bringing drugs to ICU patient, causing near-fatal overdoses
A Florida man was arrested for allegedly bringing drugs to a hospital and causing near-fatal overdoses of himself and a patient who was in the ICU at the time. The Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers announced on Monday that Forrest Smith, 47, was found with 26 grams of cocaine and 46 pills of Alprazolam at the Sebastian River Medical Center.
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