St Lucie County News

Police Chief Donald Shinnamon Sr. has decided not to make the parents of two boys who made a bogus report of a girl being abducted Wednesday morning pay the costs of the massive effort to find the nonexistent girl.

Lucie County sheriff's deputies said. Authorities suspect William Beck, 54, used a .32-caliber gun to shoot his wife Jacqueline Beck, 54, twice - once in the face and once in the chest - before killing himself inside his home in the 8400 block of Fort Walton Boulevard shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday.

A man tried to kill his wife and then committed suicide in a St. Lucie County home, police said.

Police arrested a man they said is responsible for a two-year crime spree. the arrest of a suspect, fitting the description of the "red striped" bandit, will bring an end to a crime spree that began two years ago.

A Port St. Lucie dermatologist is buying 619 turkeys for free Thanksgiving dinners for thousands of people in St.

A 25-year-old Port St. Lucie man is behind bars after authorities said he attempted to rape two women in a three-day period.

The owner of Liberty Scrap Metal called the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office Tuesday after 56-year-old Calvin Briggs showed up with five garbage bags of cans.

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Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 5:45 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 5:45 a.m. PORT ST.

Police on the Treasure Coast say an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers has led to the arrest of two men accused of stealing copper wire.

Two men in "Jason" style hockey masks carried out a Monday night robbery at a fast food restaurant in which a shot was fired and three bank bags stolen, a St.

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His last day is Dec. 1. Richard Kozek PORT ST. LUCIE - Former attorney Richard T. Kozek might have skated for nearly five years, but the dozens of marijuana plants found at his Port St.

St. Lucie County's fifth swine flu-related death - and the sixth on the Treasure Coast - was a 53-year-old man who died Monday, St.

When parents heard of a kindergarten girl cleaning up another student's urine at Floresta Elementary School, they were shocked.

A 53-year-old St. Lucie County man has died from the H1N1 flu, and clinics throughout the Palm beaches and on the Treasure Coast are administering vaccines.

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A 39-year-old Vero Beach man was arrested Saturday after being found with a short-barrel assault rifle outside a gun show at the Havert L. Fenn Center in Fort Pierce, according to a recently released arrest affidavit and a sheriff's official.

A 36-year-old Indian River County man with underlying health conditions died with complications from H1N1, the novel influenza virus first identified in April and now widespread throughout Florida and the U.S. Most cases of H1N1 are mild, but some people - including those with underlying health conditions such as heart disease or diabetes - are at ...

Edward Ates is shown in this undated photo provided by his attorney and released by the Trenton, NJ prosecutor's office, Wednesday Oct.