{"id":231765,"date":"2026-04-14T20:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231765\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:49:09","slug":"13-year-old-arrested-after-fleeing-police-on-electric-dirt-bike-in-port-st-lucie-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231765\/","title":{"rendered":"13-Year-Old arrested after fleeing police on electric dirt bike in Port St. Lucie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A traffic enforcement stop in Port St. Lucie led to the arrest of a 13-year-old accused of fleeing on an electric dirt bike.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pslpolice.com\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a> said its Traffic Unit was conducting enforcement Wednesday near SW Cashmere Boulevard and SW St. Lucie West Boulevard when officers stopped a male riding an e-dirt bike.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the rider took off through an Aldi parking lot during the stop. A sergeant later located the suspect hiding near a Home Depot.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/search-underway-for-missing-port-st-lucie-man-with-high-functioning-autism-port-st-lucie-missing-person-police-search-alexander-joseph-solma-autistic-adult-missing-man-sw-aurelia-avenue-st-lucie-county-public-assistance-911-call-missing-wedne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Missing Port St. Lucie man with autism found dead, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The suspect was identified as a 13-year-old and taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p> He is facing charges of fleeing and eluding, operating an unregistered vehicle, and riding a motorcycle without the proper endorsement, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PSLPD remains committed to keeping our roads safe and reminds everyone to always follow traffic laws and regulations,&#8221; PSLPD wrote in a post to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1256624819919240&amp;set=a.260538029527929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A traffic enforcement stop in Port St. Lucie led to the arrest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-231765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","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\/231765","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=231765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}