{"id":189913,"date":"2026-03-13T09:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189913\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T09:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:16:14","slug":"port-st-lucie-man-nabbed-after-reckless-bmw-chase-in-martin-county-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189913\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie man nabbed after ‘reckless’ BMW chase in Martin County"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A late-night joyride ended in arrest for a 37-year-old Port St. Lucie man after he allegedly led deputies on a reckless chase on U.S. 1. <\/p>\n

According to the Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>, Joshua Phillip Thebeau was driving a white BMW at excessive speeds near Britt Road when deputies attempted to pull him over.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said that instead of stopping, Thebeau accelerated, prompting a brief pursuit. However, deputies decided to call off the chase for the safety of other motorists. <\/p>\n

Believing he had escaped, Thebeau continued southbound on U.S. 1 at dangerous speeds, deputies say.<\/p>\n

However, the sheriff’s office said that deputies were not done pursuing Thebeau. <\/p>\n

With the assistance of the Sheriff’s Office’s Air One, deputies maintained visual contact. As the chase continued onto I-95 southbound, deputies reported positioning themselves to create a blockade.<\/p>\n

See also: Missing NC teen found in Florida traffic stop with 37-year-old man<\/a><\/p>\n

The report states that when the time was right, deputies used a Vehicle Intervention Technique to bring Thebeau\u2019s vehicle to a safe stop, ending the high-speed pursuit without injury to anyone involved.<\/p>\n

Thebeau was arrested on the scene, allegedly claiming he fled because his driver’s license was suspended. <\/p>\n

A search of his car reportedly revealed used needles and what appeared to be bags of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

He has since been taken to the Martin County Jail and is being held on a $22,500 bond. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A late-night joyride ended in arrest for a 37-year-old Port St. Lucie man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[43188,26714,88003,88002,1160,171,173,172,6334,88004],"class_list":["post-189913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-bmw","tag-car-chase","tag-drug-possession","tag-joshua-phillip-thebeau","tag-martin-county","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-reckless-driving","tag-vehicle-intervention-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189913","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=189913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}