Scott Sutton

3 weeks ago | wflx.com | Meghan McRoberts |Scott Sutton

WPTV obtained body camera video that showed the moments St. Lucie County deputies first encountered a mother who now faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of her 6-year-old son. Paulynice, 41, was arrested Friday and told investigators she was trying to exorcise demons from her son.

4 weeks ago | wflx.com | Scott Sutton |Tyler Hatfield |Cassandra Garcia |Victoria Benchimol

The mother charged with the death of her 6-year-old son will stay in jail without bond. Rhonda Paulynice, 41, appeared before a judge Saturday morning in St. Lucie County. She has been charged with second-degree murder, as well as failing to report a death and altering a body after it was deceased.

4 weeks ago | wflx.com | Scott Sutton |Tyler Hatfield

The death of a 6-year-old is under investigation in St. Lucie County after the child's body was found inside a home located in the 2500 block of Bedford Drive near Fort Pierce. At a Friday evening press conference, St. Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Toro said the deceased 6-year-old is Ra'myl Pierre, who attended Samuel S. Gaines Academy. His mother, Rhonda Paulynice, 31, is being charged with second-degree murder, as well as failing to report a death and altering a body after it was deceased.

2 months ago | wflx.com | Scott Sutton |Cassandra Garcia

A knife-wielding man was shot after Port St. Lucie police officers responded to a domestic violence incident Friday afternoon, according to the chief. The shooting occurred in the Spanish Lakes Golf Village at about 3:30 p.m. after two officers responded to a home on Montilla Way. WATCH: Police shoot man in Port St. Lucie after he 'charged them' with knife, chief saysPolice identified the suspect as 35-year-old Alexander Taylor.

2 months ago | wflx.com | Scott Sutton |Cassandra Garcia

A knife-wielding man was shot after Port St. Lucie police officers responded to a domestic violence incident Friday afternoon, according to the chief. The shooting occurred in the Spanish Lakes Golf Village at about 3:30 p.m. after two officers responded to a home on Montilla Way. Police have identified the suspect as 35-year-old Alexander Taylor. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and was transported to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.