2 Fort Stewart soldiers hit by car and killed in Fort Pierce, days before deployment to Iraq
2 soldiers struck by car and killed in Fla. Fla. woman charged after trying to pass through courthouse security with marijuana in her purseFORT PIERCE, Fla. — Authorities said a woman walking through security at the St. Lucie County Courthouse was found to have marijuana in her purse. The sheriff’s office reported a 21-year-old woman was entering the courthouse Tuesday morning when a private security officer ran her purse through a scanning device. The scanner found a razor, a knife, scissors and padlock, which led to the officer to emptying out the purse. That’s when he found a small bag of what appeared to by marijuana. A field test confirmed it. Thirsty Fla. woman accused of taking $7 in change from unlocked car parked at a police stationFORT PIERCE, Fla. — A 19-year-old woman was accused of taking $7 in change from a car parked at a police station. An arrest affidavit released Thursday shows that Sophia Paulinyce was arrested on a felony burglary charge and a misdemeanor larceny charge. She’s accused of taking change from a police employee’s vehicle that was parked in a secure lot at the police station last month. Florida woman pleads guilty to collecting dead mother’s Social Security benefitsFORT PIERCE, Fla. — A Florida woman accused of hiding her dead mother’s body and collecting federal benefits for six years has pleaded guilty to a theft charge. Fla. county declares state of emergency over skyrocketing foreclosures, unemploymentFORT PIERCE, Fla. — A South Florida county that rode high through the housing boom earlier this decade, then crashed hard when the foreclosure crisis struck, declared a state of economic emergency on Tuesday. |