Fort Pierce News

A 21-year-old man is accused of abandoning his dog in his apartment without food, water or electricity, Fort Pierce police said.

A woman running a ghastly makeshift animal shelter in her Fort Pierce home was busted yesterday, charged with 16 counts of animal cruelty.

Authorities say a Treasure Coast woman was drunk when she crashed a sport utility vehicle and caused injuries for five children inside.

The Florida Highway Patrol announced Thursday that Maj. Brent Coates has taken over the reigns as the new commander of Troop F, according to FHP Director Col.

Deputies raided a home near Ft. Pierce finding three dogs dead, and more than a dozen other animals-- many without food or water, sitting in waste.

A Fort Pierce woman was arrested Monday after authorities said they found several dead and malnourished animals in her home.

St. Lucie County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a woman on Florida's Atlantic coast after they found malnourished and dead animals, including a starving wolf, in her home.

A Fort Pierce woman has been arrested and charged with numerous counts of animal cruelty after St.

It took her 45 minutes to get it to the boat, but it was worth it: Key Wester Lisa Benfield landed a 58.55-pound dolphin over the weekend to win the Cudjoe Gardens Dolphin Tournament.How big was that fish? Not near the Florida record of 77 pounds, 12 ounces caught off Fort Pierce in 1985.

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The northbound lanes of Florida's Turnpike have been shut down between Exit 142, Fort Pierce, and Exit 152, Port St.

A 74-year-old man walked onto the campus of a Fort Pierce middle school and fatally shot himself near the bus pickup area after hours, according to St.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. - A Florida woman accused of hiding her dead mother's body and collecting federal benefits for six years has pleaded guilty to a theft charge.

A 40-year-old man who is suspected of trying to sell bread as crack cocaine to pay bills is facing charges, according to an arrest affidavit released Monday.

A Fort Pierce man was just trying to make some dough when he tried to pass off bread as crack cocaine, but police busted him anyway.

Diving for dinner led to a Volusia County man's arrest in Fort Pierce. An officer with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday spotted David Hunt getting out of the water at a Fort Pierce beach.

A A A' The inventor of the "Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed," a coin-operated fixture in American motel rooms in the 1960s and '70s, has died in Florida.

MATTHEW RATAJCZAK file photo Capt. Casey Szparaga, of the Martin County Sheriff's Office, left, will be seeking his 19th straight arm wrestling medal in the Fire & Police Games competition on Monday.

Local officials said six members and associates of the dangerous Zoe Pound gang in Ft.

Last month, Fort Pierce Police Chief Sean Baldwin and Capt. Gregory Kirk were testing a new camera surveillance system in high crime areas.