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Treasure Coast Newspapers ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A woman law enforcement officers said was driving a stolen truck accelerated toward oncoming traffic and nearly collided with two vehicles during a pursuit on Interstate 95 in St. Lucie County, according to an arrest affidavit. Rachelle Sylvain, 32, of Margate, faces several charges including aggravated assault against an officer, firefighter or EMT; fleeing without regard to safety of people or property; and driving under the influence,...

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Police Wednesday identified the person who died in a car crash early Tuesaday in Port St. Lucie.. Brandy Wells, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in the 9300 block of U.S. 1, not far from the MidFlorida Credit Union Event Center, around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from Port St. Lucie police. Port St. Lucie police Sgt. Keith Boham said traffic homicide investigators believe Wells drove over a median as she headed south in her Nissan Ve...

Miami man charged with lewd and lascivious battery on child in Snapchat meetup with teen Treasure Coast Newspapers INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Deputies arrested a 33-year-old Miami man accused of sexually assaulting a girl he drove to meet after months of Snapchat talks, officials said in a report. Carlos Lagos, 33, was charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child during his arrest in Fellsmere, according to Indian River County Sheriff’s Office records. The girl is 13;  he�...

Scholarship students were, on average, up to 43 percent more likely to attend college and up to 20 percent more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree.

Some sheriffs in Florida and across the country penned a letter to the White House Wednesday urging President Joseph R. Biden to reverse his administration’s “reckless and irresponsible” immigration policies. Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers joined four Florida sheriffs and nearly 300 other sheriffs in 37 states urging the White House to stop the increasing flow of migrants at the southern border. “In a myriad of ways,” the April 7 letter stated, “you and your administratio...

April 11 is National Pet Day, although say that to my dog Earl and youll likely get the side eye. Earl is a standard poodle, and poodles can be, well, a tad uppity. Earl believes — and rightfully so — every day is Pet Day. Theyre more than just furry mess-makers. The National Institutes of Health says pets can help lower cortisol, cholesterol and blood pressure levels. Theyve been especially important in the past year with so many of us working from home. Theyve kept loneliness at bay a...

Two teens were seriously injured after getting struck by a vehicle in Melbourne Beach on Thursday, police reported. The incident, being investigated by Melbourne police, happened about 4 p.m. along Ocean Avenue near the intersection of Orange Street. The condition of the two teens was not immediately available. 

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Travis Countys new grant-funded public defender office is up and running, taking on a small percentage of criminal cases since it was founded a year ago. The office is designed to take on a bigger caseload as it grows. However, even by the time its four-year grant runs out, Travis Countys current system — which uses a rotating slate of private attorneys to argue for clients who cant afford representation — will still be in place for the majority of cases.  As of March 31, the new o...

Treasure Coast Newspapers Picking up a bag of chips off the side of a road in Port St. Lucie resulted in a prison guard’s arrest when corrections staff found her “Zapp’s New Orleans Kettle Style Voodoo” potato chips contained methamphetamine, according to arrest reports and a state prosecutor. Margaret Hammond, 25, a guard at Okeechobee Correctional Institution, in Okeechobee, is accused of attempting to smuggle in the drug-filled chip bag as she entered the prison facility April 3, rec...