{"id":190335,"date":"2026-03-13T16:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190335\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:14:07","slug":"detectives-recover-stolen-gun-and-oxycodone-during-fort-pierce-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190335\/","title":{"rendered":"Detectives recover stolen gun and Oxycodone during Fort Pierce traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A traffic stop on the Treasure Coast led detectives to a stolen handgun and Oxycodone<\/a>, uncovering what investigators say was an armed convicted felon behind the wheel.<\/p>\n

According to the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>, detectives with the Special Investigations Division conducted the stop on March 12, along 2800 Juanita Avenue in Fort Pierce. During the investigation, deputies said they found two handguns inside the vehicle \u2014 one of which was later confirmed to have been reported stolen in St. Lucie County<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Detectives also recovered Oxycodone, according to SLCSO. <\/p>\n

See also: Woman killed in hit-and-run on I-95, lanes reopen after several hours<\/a><\/p>\n

The driver, identified as 22-year-old Cardell Battle of Fort Pierce, was determined to be a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms. He was arrested on charges including:<\/p>\n

Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted FelonGrand Theft of a FirearmCarrying a Concealed FirearmPossession of a Controlled Substance<\/p>\n

The passenger, 19-year-old Jovaughn Hall of Fort Pierce, was also taken into custody. At 19, he is legally barred from carrying a concealed firearm. Hall was charged with:<\/p>\n

Carrying a Concealed Firearm<\/p>\n

Both men were transported to the St. Lucie County Jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A traffic stop on the Treasure Coast led detectives to a stolen handgun…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[692,28593,88003,32284,3886,7660,171,173,172,32288,1070],"class_list":["post-190335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-arrest","tag-convicted-felon","tag-drug-possession","tag-firearm-possession","tag-fort-pierce","tag-oxycodone","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-stolen-gun","tag-traffic-stop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190335","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=190335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}