{"id":279291,"date":"2026-05-21T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/279291\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:20:19","slug":"teen-trio-busted-after-alleged-golf-cart-joyride-turns-into-felony-crime-spree-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/279291\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen trio busted after alleged golf cart joyride turns into felony crime spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Lee%20County%20Sheriff&#039;s%20Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Lee County Sheriff&#8217;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<p>Officials said that surveillance footage showed the suspects racing through the area in a blue Dodge Hornet and a red Honda Civic.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were revealed to be Gabriel Melendez, Pedro Luis Lopez Rojas Jr., and Angel Josue Guadarrrama.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/florida\/road-rage-hammer-wielding-florida-trucker-allegedly-leaves-driver-bloodied-at-red-light-florida-news-crime-arrest-road-rage-florida-drivers-florida-truck-drivers-lee-county-sheriffs-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Road Rage: Hammer-wielding Florida trucker allegedly leaves driver bloodied at red light<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<p>Evidence was recovered, and two suspects allegedly provided confessions, leading to the arrest of all three.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-279291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279291","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=279291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}