{"id":104675,"date":"2026-01-03T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/104675\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:04:07","slug":"pepper-park-beach-evacuated-after-diver-discovers-mortar-washed-ashore-in-st-lucie-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/104675\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepper Park Beach evacuated after diver discovers mortar washed ashore in St. Lucie County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">Beachgoers were evacuated from Pepper Park Beach in St. Lucie County on Saturday afternoon after a diver discovered a mortar that had washed ashore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to the beach, located at 3302 N. Highway A1A, around 3:30 p.m. following the report from the diver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As a precautionary measure, authorities evacuated beachgoers to a distance of at least 300 yards in all directions from the discovered mortar. The Sheriff\u2019s Office Bomb Disposal Team was notified and is en route to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The public has been advised to remain clear of the area while authorities investigate the device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Additional updates will be provided as more information becomes available, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beachgoers were evacuated from Pepper Park Beach in St. Lucie County on Saturday afternoon after a diver discovered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-104675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}