Articles Tagged with Port St. Lucie

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A man in Southeastern Florida is facing charges after allegedly approaching police officers with a flamethrower and trying to hide in his residence to avoid arrest.

On the evening of October 14, a Port St. Lucie neighborhood experienced an unusual disturbance. A loud bang was heard, followed by a plume of black smoke pouring out of the yard at one of the residents’ homes.

The authorities were notified, and officers from the Port St. Lucie Police Department headed to the address to see what was going on. When they got there they reportedly heard a man yelling from the yard. When the 39-year-old saw the officers, he began to walk over to where they were standing in the street. According to reports, the man was carrying a flamethrower, and the police believed he intentionally pointed it at one of the officers at the scene. They drew their guns and told him to put them down, but the man did not stop walking in their direction until one of the officers was able to snatch the device out of his hands. He reportedly turned around and ran inside the house.

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A Florida rapper with a criminal record is facing several charges after the police allegedly discovered drugs and firearms in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop.

According to the authorities, in addition to his rap music career, 26-year-old Jackboy is “a known convicted felon and documented gang member.”

It was reported that late in the evening on March 12, Port St. Lucie Police Department Special Investigations Division Gang Intelligence Unit Detectives spotted a Chevy Suburban, and believed the driver was using Facetime while navigating the vehicle. They also reported that the windows were a darker tint than is legally allowed, so they initiated a traffic stop.

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An exotic dancer was arrested in a Florida strip club after allegedly slapping and tossing a wad of cash in the face of a non-tipping patron.

Late in the evening on February 27, business was in full swing at the topless strip club “Body Talk” in Port St. Lucie. One of the male patrons had been in the establishment for a while. Much of his time there was spent drinking and talking to some of the workers until he reportedly found himself involved in an incident that led to one of the dancers being arrested.

It was reported that the man was causing some employees to become hostile towards him. He spoke openly about his career and financial success but failed to provide gratuities, though that is a standard practice in the club. One of the employees reportedly confronted him about his behavior, and she allegedly slapped him with a small pile of cash. She also reportedly slapped him across the face.

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An exotic dancer at a Florida club was arrested after allegedly getting into a brawl with other dancers when she believed they had taken money from her.

On November 6, a woman from Fort Pierce who is an exotic dancer and uses the stage name “Strawberry” was working a shift at a Port St. Lucie club called Body Talk Sports Bar.

Just after 2:00 am, the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Department was notified about an ongoing physical confrontation between several dancers at the bar.

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When a Florida man was pulled over by police he allegedly tried to ditch a drug pipe out his vehicle window, but the object reportedly hit one of the officers in the face as he approached.

61-year-old Derry West is an ex-convict who lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

On April 21, West was reportedly driving his Honda truck near his home when officers working in the area purported that the required amount of light to see the man’s license plate was not present.

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A Florida man was incarcerated after guns and a Kevlar vest, of which he allegedly told the officers belonged to the movie character John Wick, were reportedly located inside a vehicle parked at his residence.

27-year-old Getro Gelin lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and reportedly drives a Porsche SUV.

Early last Sunday, Gelin and an unnamed woman were reportedly engaged in a situation that led to a call being placed to 911 for police assistance regarding a claim of domestic violence that had taken place.

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Jupiter, Florida resident Bryan Delgado-Villatoro celebrated his 24th birthday on February 6.

The man and his live-in girlfriend of approximately 1-year, 23-year-old Heder Priscilla Cascante-Vargas, reportedly went out in a Toyota and were cruising down a highway close to the Port St. Lucie area. Cascant-Vargas was the alleged driver for the celebratory outing that evening.

While operating the vehicle, Cascante-Vargas allegedly chose to give her boyfriend oral sexual gratification as part of his present. She reportedly wanted to provide added visual stimulation for his experience by making herself naked from the waist up.

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A Florida man was apprehended after he allegedly disrupted an in-flight Sheriff’s Office helicopter pilot’s vision when he reportedly pointed an AR-15 with a laser at the aircraft.

On January 18, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office was using one of their helicopters to assist with a reported burglary in the area.

The helicopter had already ascended when the pilot noticed a light that appeared to be from a laser shining into the cabin of the aircraft, and his visibility was affected by the pointed beam.

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The patron of a McDonald’s drive-thru who allegedly tried to pay for his food with cannabis had his munchie-run go up in smoke when the manager alerted the authorities about the attempted deal.

A little after 1:00 am, a manager working the drive-thru at a Port St. Lucie McDonald’s reportedly encountered a customer in a gray Pontiac with a surfboard sticking out of the back window of the vehicle. When the man drove up to the window to collect his food he allegedly tried to hand the manager a plastic bag with “a green leafy substance” inside of it, as stated in the affidavit.

The manager believed that the baggie contained marijuana and that the man driving the vehicle was trying to use the drugs in lieu of traditional means of payment for his food order.

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A man who was driving on an interstate near Port St. Lucie was suspected of operating his vehicle while intoxicated, but he allegedly explained to the authorities that his dog was the driver of the car.

When 56-year-old Scott Garrett reportedly had gotten in a spat with his girlfriend regarding his dog before he drove off in his Nissan.

A few hours after he left his girlfriend’s home Garrett was allegedly seen driving down the interstate, and State troopers in the vicinity noticed that his car was merging from lane to lane in an erratic fashion.

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