Fort Pierce (Florida)

Florida mom charged with machete threat

Published: Nov. 4, 2009 at 3:39 PM FORT PIERCE, Fla., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A Florida woman threatened her teenage son with a machete, say police who charged her with assault. Melbourne Jocelyn, 48, was charged with aggravated...

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Genealogy Query - CARPENTER : LEDBETTER

I am looking for birth mother. I was told her name was Cheryl Ledbetter. I was born May 6, 1967 in Fort Pierce, FL. It was a private adoption. I was adopted by a wonderful family. I grew up in Macon, GA (Bibb County). I am...

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Too Fat To Kill? Suspect Uses Weight As Defense

FORT PIERCE -- A Florida man accused of killing his former son-in-law in New Jersey said he was too fat to have committed the crime. Edward Ates took the stand Wednesday in Trenton, N.J., to tell jurors he didn’t have the...

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Catherine G. Horton

Mrs. Horton, 91, of Freehold, died Oct. 18, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in Harrisburg, Pa., and had resided in Fort Pierce, Fla., before moving to Freehold 10 years ago. Mrs. Horton was...

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2 soldiers struck by car and killed in Fla.

2 Fort Stewart soldiers hit by car and killed in Fort Pierce, days before deployment to Iraq (AP) FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - Two soldiers making a surprise visit to their families in Florida before deployment to Iraq were struck...

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ICE nabs alleged Cuban smugglers

FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say they have dismantled a Cuban smuggling ring operating on Florida's Atlantic coast. ICE spokeswoman Nicole Navas said agents arrested seven people Oct. 15....

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Md Man Killed In Plane Crash Near Charleston SC

Authorities say four men killed when a small plane crashed and burst into flames near the South Carolina coast were friends heading to an amateur radio convention in the Bahamas after a stop in Fort Pierce, Fla.

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Man gets 15 years for child porn

FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- A Port St. Lucie man caught with more that half a million images of child pornography on his computer has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. A federal judge sentenced 23-year-old Jason David...

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Jury recommends death for convicted killer

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) -- A Treasure Coast jury has recommended that a judge return a man to death row after his second conviction for killing a woman in 2002. The St. Lucie County jury voted 9-3 on Friday for the execution of...

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Police: Woman broke window over beer

Published: Oct. 1, 2009 at 4:48 PM FORT PIERCE, Fla., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A Florida woman angry at her boyfriend for refusing to buy more beer allegedly tired to choke him and threw a table leg through a window, authorities said....

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