{"id":275205,"date":"2026-05-18T14:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/275205\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:53:17","slug":"teen-trio-busted-after-alleged-golf-cart-joyride-turns-into-felony-crime-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/275205\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen trio busted after alleged golf cart joyride turns into felony crime spree"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Three teenagers are facing multiple felony charges after a late-night joyride through a Florida community allegedly turned into a crime spree involving stolen golf carts. <\/p>\n

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> said that on May 6, authorities received reports of suspicious activity, including individuals stealing golf carts and damaging property in the Hideaway community and at the local golf course clubhouse. <\/p>\n

Officials said that surveillance footage showed the suspects racing through the area in a blue Dodge Hornet and a red Honda Civic.<\/p>\n

The suspects were revealed to be Gabriel Melendez, Pedro Luis Lopez Rojas Jr., and Angel Josue Guadarrrama.<\/p>\n

See also: Road Rage: Hammer-wielding Florida trucker allegedly leaves driver bloodied at red light<\/a><\/p>\n

Investigators said they connected these teens to similar golf cart thefts in Cape Coral, collaborating with the Cape Coral Police Department, school administrators, and community members. <\/p>\n

Evidence was recovered, and two suspects allegedly provided confessions, leading to the arrest of all three.<\/p>\n

The teens now face multiple felony charges, including grand theft, burglary, and criminal mischief. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Three teenagers are facing multiple felony charges after a late-night joyride through a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3037,117491,3038,117492,356,36611,32342],"class_list":["post-275205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-felony-charges","tag-golf-cart-theft","tag-grand-theft","tag-hideaway-community","tag-lee-county","tag-surveillance-footage","tag-teenagers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275205","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=275205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}