Port Saint Lucie FL

Port St. Lucie residents spent Monday cleaning up after a storm tore through the area Sunday night, leaving behind damaged structures, debris-filled pools and downed foliage.

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A woman was arrested for using counterfeit currency to pay for her meal in St. Lucie County, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office. SLCSO says that on August 22, deputies responded to a reported theft involving a food delivery in...

A 3-year-old child was hospitalized Sunday afternoon after a babysitter found the child unresponsive in a pool in the 4500 block of Southeast Federal Highway in Stuart, just before 2:30 p.m. A bystander began CPR on the child for about a minute, and the child woke up before Martin County Fire Rescue paramedics even rea

PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12) — A Martin County Sheriff's Office helicopter was flying over the area Sunday night when it spotted a barn on fire. Martin County Fire Rescue crews responded to Southwest Martin Highway, where they found a 1,600-square-foot barn engulfed in flames with its roof already gone.

A 48-year-old New York man was arrested after the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said he stole about $1,000 worth of merchandise from Lowe’s and fled into a wooded area. Christopher Michael Santiago was charged with grand theft and resisting arrest, according to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A 3-year-old child was hospitalized Sunday afternoon after being found unresponsive in a pool at a home in Stuart, according to Martin County Fire Rescue. MCFR said crews responded to reports of a child drowning just before 2:30 p.m. at a home in the...

A possible tornado or landspout hit near Southbend Blvd. and SE Navy Ave. in Port St. Lucie Sunday afternoon

There’s a big difference between seeing someone swimming far from shore and realizing they might not want to come back. For deputies in Martin County, Florida, figuring out which situation they were dealing with meant there wasn’t much time to waste. According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called

Indian River County Sheriff credits Flock Safety cameras with a homicide arrest, but residents raise privacy concerns.

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A funnel cloud was spotted over a Port St. Lucie neighborhood Sunday evening as a tornado warning was issued for southeastern St. Lucie County and northeastern Martin County. CBS12 obtained video showing the funnel cloud moments after the National Weather Service issued the...