Olivia Franklin

1 week ago | tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin

Stuart detectives began the investigation after a burglary in an LA Fitness in October 2023. Detectives put together an arrest warrant which included 43 counts of charges from multiple locations throughout Florida. Albert Christian Surens Velazquez was charged with seven counts of burglary of a structure, five counts of burglary of a conveyance, and 31 counts of possessing identification not belonging to him.

1 week ago | tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin

STUART — Four people were transported to the hospital with injuries after an eight-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Southeast Central Parkway June 17, according to law enforcement officials. Two people were flown by helicopter to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce with serious injuries and two people were transported to Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital in Stuart with minor injuries, according to police spokesperson Lt. Brian Bossio.

1 week ago | tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin

MARTIN COUNTY — The parents of children involved in two separate drowning incidents on June 13 and 14 will not be facing any charges, according to sheriff's officials. The incidents are considered accidents, according to sheriff's spokesperson Christine Christofek. On June 14, Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 3400 block of Southeast Hawthorne Street in Stuart regarding a 5-year-old boy who drowned in his neighbor's swimming pool, according to the incident report.

1 week ago | tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin

Martin County Fire Rescue got the call just after 5:30 p.m. on June 15. A private captain with Towboat USA spotted the boy after about an hour of searching. The boy was found unharmed and was medically cleared before being reunited with his father. MARTIN COUNTY — Multiple agencies searched the ocean for a teenage boy who went missing near Blowing Rocks Preserve on June 15, according to Fire Rescue officials and a Sheriff's Office incident report.

2 weeks ago | tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin

A body was found near the Sebastian Inlet in Indian River County on June 11. The deceased man, in his early 40s and from Santa Rosa County, had a single gunshot wound to the head. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The Sheriff's Office is investigating the circumstances around a body found south of the Sebastian Inlet on June 11, law enforcement officials said.