{"id":312222,"date":"2026-06-18T20:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/312222\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T20:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:42:11","slug":"jacksonville-man-reported-missing-in-fort-pierce-found-safe-in-florida-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/312222\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville man reported missing in Fort Pierce found safe in Florida Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVideo above: Jacksonville man missing during bicycle trip to Florida Keys with last location in Fort PierceA Jacksonville man reported missing in St. Lucie County has been found. The St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced on Thursday, June 18 that 18-year-old Jasper Frohock was located safe by the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office in the Florida Keys.According to reports from the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office, on Wednesday, June 17, at 5:46 p.m., a man contacted 911 dispatch and stated he was driving home and he believes he contacted a missing 18-year-old man from Central Florida traveling south on County Road 905 toward Key Largo.The man said he saw Frohock around 5:17 p.m. The man told 911 dispatchers that Frohock said he was “just trying to make it to Key West.”On Thursday, June 18, 911 dispatchers in Monroe County received a call from the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 10:25 a.m. about Frohock.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsThe 911 dispatchers\u2019 report notes that the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office said Frohock\u2019s cellphone pinged at John Pennekamp State Park in Key Largo and that Frohock was making charges to his card.The official with the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office told dispatch that Frohock \u201cjust wanted to be left alone from his family.\u201dThe St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office said on Tuesday, June 16, that Frohock was reported missing by his family on Monday, June 15, after his last known location was the 1900 block of Crestview Drive in Fort Pierce.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.Frohock\u2019s family said he was on a bicycle trip from Jacksonville to the Florida Keys.During his travel to the Keys, Frohock camped overnight in a tent, often staying in local parks.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Video above: Jacksonville man missing during bicycle trip to Florida Keys with last location in Fort Pierce<\/p>\n

A Jacksonville man reported missing in St. Lucie County has been found. <\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced on Thursday, June 18 that 18-year-old Jasper Frohock was located safe by the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office in the Florida Keys.<\/p>\n

According to reports from the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office, on Wednesday, June 17, at 5:46 p.m., a man contacted 911 dispatch and stated he was driving home and he believes he contacted a missing 18-year-old man from Central Florida traveling south on County Road 905 toward Key Largo.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJasper Frohock<\/p>\n

The man said he saw Frohock around 5:17 p.m. The man told 911 dispatchers that Frohock said he was “just trying to make it to Key West.”<\/p>\n

On Thursday, June 18, 911 dispatchers in Monroe County received a call from the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 10:25 a.m. about Frohock.<\/p>\n

Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n

The 911 dispatchers\u2019 report notes that the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office said Frohock\u2019s cellphone pinged at John Pennekamp State Park in Key Largo and that Frohock was making charges to his card.<\/p>\n

The official with the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office told dispatch that Frohock \u201cjust wanted to be left alone from his family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office said on Tuesday, June 16, that Frohock was reported missing by his family on Monday, June 15, after his last known location was the 1900 block of Crestview Drive in Fort Piece.<\/p>\n

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Frohock\u2019s family said he was on a bicycle trip from Jacksonville to the Florida Keys.<\/p>\n

During his travel to the Keys, Frohock camped overnight in a tent, often staying in local parks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video above: Jacksonville man missing during bicycle trip to Florida Keys with last location in Fort PierceA Jacksonville…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[44162,1089,2472,129081,70006,130058,6693,11967,129083,81258,5068,660,171,173,172,4176,1402,1284,189],"class_list":["post-312222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-dispatcher","tag-family","tag-florida-keys","tag-frohock","tag-jacksonville-man","tag-jacksonville-teen-reported-missing-found-safe-in-florida-keys","tag-june","tag-key-largo","tag-last-location","tag-monroe-county-sheriff","tag-newsthe","tag-office","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-report","tag-st-lucie-county","tag-thursday","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312222","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=312222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}