{"id":122929,"date":"2026-01-18T16:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122929\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T16:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:45:06","slug":"martin-county-deputies-air-unit-locate-out-of-town-bicyclist-using-his-phone-gps-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122929\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin County deputies, air unit locate out-of-town bicyclist using his phone GPS signal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A bike ride went off course in Dupuis Management Area, prompting deputies to use cell phone GPS and air support to locate the lost bicyclist.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies say an out-of-town visitor encountered difficult terrain, strayed off the trail, and was reportedly unable to find his way back. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/florida-panhandle-turned-winter-wonderland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GALLERY: Snow in Florida as panhandle turns into a winter wonderland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dispatchers say they were able to obtain GPS coordinates from his cell phone signal and relay them to responding crews.<\/p>\n<p>Air 1 pinpointed the man and guided AG and Road Patrol deputies on the ground to his location.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Outstanding teamwork by MCSO dispatchers, our Ag Unit, Aviation, Dispatch, and Road Patrol,&#8221; the MCSO wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1200559181700347&amp;__cft__[0]=AZY0PGTJ0rw7TRd0J9fQMx2SG_01ncVsGHPu1C1xZWz0Gk6Dv5niahUapmCGyJs8GxW7wu1oN-LXOFT0wY0a1w7T2-wshS8qG6dvYFfgeP82gtuU6VICMSA3k8DLVD-lf1HUL8li64MoOQgB00tz6OOHCHJA6SNcr5T40xRabOW-1EemNHDLQp0oeWLPNqq5DeRwJj26b_EM-oqitQSMjOR3&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post<\/a> to Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A bike ride went off course in Dupuis Management Area, prompting deputies to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-122929","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\/122929","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=122929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}