How police training will change in the wake of George Floyd s death
With the eyes of the country on the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer charged in the death of George Floyd last summer, we went to Fort Pierce to see if training for local law enforcement would change in the wake of that tragedy.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. â With the eyes of the country on the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer charged in the death of George Floyd last summer, we went to Fort Pierce to see if training for local law enforcement would change in the wake of that tragedy.
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY Frank Webster said the Tuesday morning flight out of Treasure Coast International Airport and Business Park in his single-engine plane was supposed to be a leisurely one.
Webster, 77, said he tries to pilot the fixed wing 2007 Jabiru aircraft an hour a week.
“I was out there, just having a good time,” Webster said Thursday. “I wasn t working on any maneuvers or anything, and all of a sudden the engine started running a little rough.”
It wouldn’t be long before the plane would be in a canal north of Florida’s Turnpike and east of Minute Maid Road, and Webster would be making his way out of chest-deep water.
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY A man driving on Interstate 95 pointed a gun at another vehicle and was arrested by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper Tuesday, according to an arrest affidavit.
Raymond Poccia, 66, whose city of residence wasn t listed, faces a charge of an improper exhibit of a firearm or weapon.
FHP investigators said they received reports that the driver of a black Ford pickup, later identified as Poccia, brandished a gun at a white Dodge pickup while driving on I-95 in St. Lucie County.
The driver of the Dodge truck pursued Poccia until troopers found them on Florida s Turnpike about a mile north of the Palm City exit in Martin County and pulled over Poccia, according to the affidavit.
ST. LUCIE COUNTY Four men were arrested after St. Lucie County sheriff s deputies reported finding several firearms and illegal drugs while executing a search warrant, according to arrest affidavits obtained Monday.
Deputies arrested Carlton Celestin, 27; Carl Chisholm, 26; Jermichael Robinson, 22; and Tamarius Bembry, 19, each on a single charge of possession of a firearm by a felon. All are documented gang members, the Sheriff s Office reported.
Bembry faces two additional charges of trafficking amphetamines and possession of marijuana over 20 grams, records show.
Chisolm s listed address is in Port St. Lucie, while the rest are listed as Fort Pierce residents.
After receiving tips about gunfire, the sheriff s SWAT team Friday executed a search warrant at an address in the 100 block of Devonshire Drive. The location, which is west of North 25th Street and south of Juanita Avenue, is the listed address of Celestin.