{"id":121129,"date":"2026-01-16T21:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/121129\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T21:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:53:10","slug":"florida-truck-driver-arrested-after-blood-found-in-crashed-semi-truck-in-st-lucie-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/121129\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida truck driver arrested after blood found in crashed semi-truck in St. Lucie County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">A Florida truck driver was arrested on an obstruction of justice charge after deputies said they found blood inside and outside his semi-truck that had entered a ditch in St. Lucie County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Olson Jean, 41, of Pompano Beach, was taken into custody following a 911 call about a suspicious person behind the Pilot Truck Stop near South Rock Road around 11:30 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deputies responding to the scene found Jean near his semi-truck, which appeared to have left the roadway and entered a ditch, while attempting to abruptly turn around. During their investigation, officers discovered blood inside the cab near the passenger door and on the exterior passenger-side area of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jean was confirmed as the owner and operator of the semi-truck. He is currently being held at the St. Lucie County Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Law enforcement is conducting an area search as part of the ongoing investigation. The St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is asking anyone who may have had contact with Jean within the past 24 hours or has information about the semi-truck to contact the Criminal Investigations Division at 772-462-7300.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Residents should expect a continued law enforcement presence in the area as the investigation remains active.<\/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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.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":"A Florida truck driver was arrested on an obstruction of justice charge after deputies said they found blood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[60583,60585,60584,20339,171,173,172],"class_list":["post-121129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-mother-accused-of-killing-sons","tag-mother-charged-in-sons-deaths","tag-mother-charged-with-murder","tag-new-jersey","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121129","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=121129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}