Port St. Lucie News

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. PORT ST.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued an Amber Alert for a girl believed to have been abducted by two Hispanic men Tuesday morning.

Lucie man was not injured in a Friday evening fatal double semi-tractor trailer crash on Florida's Turnpike, according to reports from the Florida Highway Patrol.

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 firm newly contracted to guard the Port of Palm Beach hired a felon to help run its operations there four months after the state denied him a license to work in private security.

Two Port St. Lucie parents were charged with child neglect after shoppers noticed their 7-month-old girl had been left alone in an unlocked car for half an hour Monday, the Martin County Sheriff's Office said.

Greg Kellerman, 27, plays an X-Box game from inside his bedroom at his father's home on Idle Avenue in Port St.

Gina M. Sanchez, of the 100 block of Everglades Boulevard in Stuart, met the informant about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of Southwest Port St.

THURSDAY: Fla. teacher removed after asking child to clean up urine Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 18:32 Port St.

A Port St. Lucie elementary school teacher was removed from the classroom after she made one of her students wipe up the urine of another classmate.

Lisa Stukel was working at the Pelican Caf downtown Monday afternoon when she learned of a visitor in need.

Nine people have been arrested for operating a human smuggling ring from the Treasure Coast.

Nine people have been arrested for operating a human smuggling ring from the Treasure Coast.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation has placed Port St.

A West Palm Beach man is the latest of a group charged with participating in an illegal smuggling operation.

Police are searching for a 54-year-old man with schizophrenia who's been gone for more than a week.

Charges against a man authorities say controlled more than a dozen marijuana grow houses in St.

FORT PIERCE, Florida - Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say they have dismantled a Cuban smuggling ring operating on Florida's Atlantic coast.

A local man faces more than two dozen felony charges after his wife turned over inappropriate photos he allegedly took of a 12-year-old girl with a mental disability, according to arrest and court records released Thursday.

Tyrone R. Anderson, of the 1900 block of Southeast Hillmoor Drive in Port St. Lucie, faces a felony child neglect charge following the Tuesday afternoon incidents in the 10700 block of South U.S. 1. A witness reported seeing the vehicle about 4:30 p.m. with the baby inside.