Sheriff candidate s son arrested in crash that killed woman April 22, 2021 at 11:41 AM EDT - Updated April 22 at 6:21 PM
The 19-year-old son of a candidate for St. Lucie County sheriff has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in a crash that killed a 32-year-old mother.
Ryan Luke Hester turned himself in Wednesday night at the St. Lucie County Jail.
According to a police report, Hester consumed 14 mimosas at the On the Edge Bar & Grill on Feb. 7 before driving a Ford F-150 south on Indian River Drive.
Fort Pierce police said Hester crossed into the northbound lane, striking a Nissan Altima head-on.
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FORT PIERCE Former Fort Pierce Police Officer Albert Eckrode was handcuffed, fingerprinted and taken to jail Thursday as part of a plea deal he entered to resolve charges related to striking a hospital patient in February 2020.
Eckrode, 32, was ordered to serve 90 days in jail followed by two years of probation after entering no contest pleas to felony charges of battery and official misconduct and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report.
He also was given credit for 35 days he’s already served at the St. Lucie County Jail.
Eckrode was captured on video Feb. 20, 2020 repeatedly punching a 38-year-old man at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute, who’d been found “intoxicated and combative” and was transported to the hospital’s mental health unit for an evaluation, court records show.
Woman killed in crash along US-1, northbound and southbound lanes blocked Share Updated: 12:24 AM EDT Apr 16, 2021 Joseph Schatt Share Updated: 12:24 AM EDT Apr 16, 2021
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