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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A man was arrested after a hit-and-run crash sent a vehicle into a St. Petersburg home and ignited a fire early Monday morning<\/a>, according to the St. Pete Police Department.<\/p>\n St. Pete hit-and-run investigation <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Police say detectives arrested Kendric Stephens, 37, Wednesday in connection with the crash in the 4400 block of 14th Avenue South.<\/p>\n Investigators say Stephens was the driver involved in the crash that left a home heavily damaged.<\/p>\n Police said the vehicle Stephens was driving belonged to a family member and was not stolen, correcting earlier information reported during the initial stages of the investigation.<\/p>\n Charges filed against suspect <\/p>\n According to police, Stephens faces the following charges:<\/p>\n Leaving the scene of a crash involving property damageDriving while license suspended, canceled or revokedViolation of probation Vehicle crash cause\u00a0 <\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n Police said a booking photo for Stephens was not immediately available.<\/p>\n Investigators have not released additional details about what caused the vehicle to leave the roadway and crash inside the home.<\/p>\n Car crashed into home, sparked fire <\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n According to police, the crash occurred shortly before 3 a.m. Monday at a home in the Childs Park neighborhood.<\/p>\n Investigators say a Honda Accord slammed through the front wall of a home, crashing into the living room and sparking a fire.<\/p>\n St. Pete Fire Rescue crews quickly extinguished the flames.<\/p>\n Two people who were inside the home at the time escaped without injury.<\/p>\n Authorities said the driver fled the scene on foot immediately after the crash.<\/p>\n Homeowners escaped through backyard <\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n Homeowner Sandra Henderson previously told FOX 13 that she and her husband were asleep when they were awakened by a loud crash.<\/p>\n Her husband discovered a vehicle inside the living room and flames spreading through the home.<\/p>\n The couple escaped through a back door and knocked down a fence while fleeing the fire.<\/p>\n “And all I saw was a car on top of my car and the house was on fire,” Henderson said.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n The couple started a fundraiser to help repair their home and replace their belongings.<\/p>\n The Source: Information for this story was provided by the St. Petersburg Police Department and previous FOX 13 News reporting.<\/p>\n St. Petersburg<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A man was arrested after a hit-and-run crash sent a vehicle into a St.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[630,47,115,1157,202,204,203,199,201,200,628],"class_list":["post-303135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-pinellas","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303135","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=303135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/280cc29a-vlcsnap-2026-06-08-06h36m05s701.jpg\")
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