Port Saint Lucie FL

SEBASTIAN — A St. Lucie County sheriff’s deputy was arrested early Sunday morning after Sebastian police say he was driving drunk and led officers on a high-speed chase. Arthur Robert Alfaro was arrested about 12:40 a.m. Feb. 22 in the 800 block of Louisiana Avenue, the police report shows. Alfaro has since been...

There is a place in Florida where the trees grow so tall and wide that sunlight barely touches the ground, where water features mirror the sky, and where art and nature share the same breathing space. It sits quietly along a busy highway, yet the moment you pass through its entrance, the noise of the outside world...

MIAMI — A Port St. Lucie tax preparer was sentenced Feb. 11 to 36 months in federal prison for defrauding taxpayers of more than $175,000 and lying on his application for U.S. citizenship. U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks sentenced Wislet Metayer, 45, and ordered him to pay $167,792.45...

VERO BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — A 911 dispatcher heard a baby’s first cry on the other end of the line after she helped a mom give birth over the phone on Valentine’s Day. Autumn Martin is a dispatch call taker at the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office in Vero Beach. She started on Dec. 8, and just a few months later,...

As St. Lucie County’s population continues to grow, officials are looking at widening a road that currently has only one lane in each direction. The county is considering widening and reconstructing a 10-mile segment of Glades Cut Off Road/County Road 709 from Range Line Road to Selvitz Road. St....

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — The Martin County Sheriff's Office says they're seeing a decrease in the amount of fentanyl on the streets. Lt. James Maltese of the Martin County Sheriff's Office says this may be due to the closure of the U.S. border with Mexico. One result of this, he says, is a decrease in the number of...

STUART, FL - The Back Nine Golf is targeting a July 1 opening at 2800 NW Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL 34994, directly in front of the Treasure Coast Mall, owner Adam Dlugolenski told Business Debut. The 3,000-square-foot space will operate as a membership-based indoor golf facility with public tee times...

A 41-year-old man who was wanted in the fatal shooting of his father was arrested in Hollywood last week, the U.S. Marshals Service said Monday. The U.S. Marshals Florida Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force worked with Port St. Lucie and Broward County police to arrest Sheldon Brian Morrison on Feb. 18 on a charge...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A man who authorities said left a Fort Pierce residence where his elderly parents were found fatally shot, was captured in Indian River County on Tuesday afternoon. The couple was in their 80s, officials said. “This is an isolated incident with no threat to the...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — St. Lucie County deputies unearthed a trove of drugs, including cocaine and MDMA, alongside firearms, leading to the arrest of a 29-year-old man. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said that on Tuesday, detectives from the Special Investigations Division, accompanied by the SWAT Team,...