News on Port St. Lucie

Cardinals Mets Spring Baseball

2010-03-15T13:45:51Z

New York Mets pitcher Francisco Rodriguez throws in relief in the ninth inning of a spring training baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Mon...

Tigers Mets Spring Baseball

2010-03-13T14:30:58Z

Detroit Tigers' Audy Citiaco singles in teammate Casper Wells in the eighth inning of the spring training baseball game against the New York Mets in Port St. Lucie, Fla...

Red Sox Mets Spring Baseball

2010-03-11T14:16:04Z

New York Mets starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey, left, gets the ball back from third baseman David Wright after loading the bases in the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in New York Mets starting pitcher Johan Santana takes a warm-up throw during a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros in Port St. Lucie, Fla. on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

PORT ST. LUCIE, FL - MARCH 07: First baseman Daniel Murphy #28 of the New York Mets follows his long fly ball to center field against the Washington Nationals at Tradition...

Nationals Mets Spring Baseball

2010-03-07T13:45:43Z

New York Mets' Omir Santos (9) is greeted at home by teammate Jeff Francoeur after hitting an inside-the-park grand slam during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, March 7, 2010, in PORT ST. LUCIE, FL - MARCH 02: Former New York Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry watches from the dugout as the Mets take on the Atlanta Braves during a spring training game at Tradition Field o...

Braves Mets Spring Baseball

2010-03-02T16:34:26Z

Darryl Strawberry,a New York Mets ambassador greets fans before the start of a spring training baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, March 2, 2010 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Rick Silva)

Fla. man claims to be the devil, attacks stranger

2010-02-26T12:25:02Z

<div id="subtitle">Man claiming to be the devil jams his thumbs into man's eyes outside Fla. convenience store</div><div><p>Authorities said a homeless man claimed to be the devil and attacked another man outside a Port St. Lucie convenience store. The victim told police that the 53-year-old man approached him early Monday morning and b...

Fla. county may declare itself disaster area

2010-03-03T21:48:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Florida county, hit hard by foreclosures, may declare itself a disaster area to free up aid</div><div><p>Just five years ago, Port St. Lucie was America's fastest-growing large city. Then the foreclosure crisis slammed it like a hurricane.</p><p>Today it sits in one of the harde...

Detective asks to use bathroom, finds stolen gun

2010-02-28T21:43:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Fla. detective finds stolen gun in toilet after asking to use man's bathrooom</div><div><p>Authorities said a stolen gun was recovered when a detective tried to used the suspect's bathroom and couldn't get the toilet to work. A detective investigating the theft of a handgun, jewelry and cash from a Jensen Beach home was told a possible suspect might be staying at a <...

Another Florida man accused of sandwich assault

2010-03-01T02:57:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Florida police arrest another man accused of assaulting his girlfriend with a sandwich</div><div><p>Police said a Port St. Lucie man was arrested for throwing a sandwich at his girlfriend, the second food attack that sent a man to jail in about a month. According to a police report released Monday, the 20-year-old man threw the sandwich at his girlfriend's face d...

Cross-dressing thief leaves fake breast behind

2010-02-28T16:16:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Police say cross-dressing purse-snatcher left behind a strange clue: A condom filled with water</div><div><p>Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. The suspect left behind a condom filled with water he had been using as a fak...