{"id":330807,"date":"2026-07-06T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330807\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:59:07","slug":"13-impaired-drivers-arrested-332-citations-warnings-across-slc-during-july-4th-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330807\/","title":{"rendered":"13 impaired drivers arrested, 332 citations, warnings across SLC during July 4th weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Law enforcement agencies across St. Lucie County <\/a>spent the Independence Day<\/a> weekend looking for impaired drivers, resulting in 13 DUI <\/a>arrests as deputies and police officers worked to keep roads safe during the holiday.<\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> conducted a high-visibility traffic enforcement operation from July 3-5, assigning five deputies specifically to DUI and traffic enforcement throughout the county. By the end of the weekend, deputies had made seven DUI-related arrests and issued 332 traffic citations and warnings, including 35 citations and 297 warnings.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a> reported arresting six impaired drivers throughout the city over the Fourth of July weekend.<\/p>\n

Combined, the two agencies reported 13 DUI arrests.<\/p>\n

Those arrested by the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office were:<\/p>\n

Carlos Janier Baez Ortiz, 56, of Fort Pierce \u2014 DUI, possession of cocaine and smuggling contraband into a detention facilityChristopher Quinones, 37, of Port St. Lucie \u2014 DUIChandra McCrary, 53, of Fort Pierce \u2014 DUIIgnacio Avila Olvera, 62, of Port St. Lucie \u2014 DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 or higher or with a person under 18 in the vehicleChristian Katherine Hope Domin, 29, of Port St. Lucie \u2014 DUIRoseanna Harsha, 42, of Fort Pierce \u2014 DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 or higher or with a person under 18 in the vehicleJessica Jaramillo, 34, of Vero Beach \u2014 DUI and two counts of leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage\"{p}The<\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office conducted a high-visibility traffic enforcement operation from July 3-5, assigning five deputies specifically to DUI and traffic enforcement throughout the county. By the end of the weekend, deputies had made seven DUI-related arrests and issued 332 traffic citations and warnings, including 35 citations and 297 warnings. (SLCSO)<\/p>\n

Those arrested by the Port St. Lucie Police Department were:<\/p>\n

Nair Emileth Castro \u2014 DUIClaudy Clerger \u2014 DUIEngy-Love Duclas \u2014 DUIScott Herman \u2014 DUIHerbert Maldonado \u2014 DUIJustin Linsley \u2014 DUI\"{p}Meanwhile,<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Port St. Lucie Police Department reported arresting six impaired drivers throughout the city over the Fourth of July weekend. (PSLPD) <\/p>\n

Sheriff Richard Del Toro said impaired driving remains a serious threat to public safety and praised deputies who worked throughout the holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

Driving under the influence is a reckless choice that can destroy lives in an instant.”<\/p>\n

“I am proud of the deputies who dedicated their holiday weekend to this enforcement operation and worked tirelessly to remove impaired drivers from our roadways,” Del Toro said. <\/p>\n

The Port St. Lucie Police Department echoed a similar message, reminding residents that “freedom comes with responsibility” and noting that each DUI arrest represented an opportunity to prevent a potentially tragic crash.<\/p>\n

Both agencies encouraged drivers to plan ahead if they intend to drink by using a rideshare service, arranging alternate transportation or designating a sober driver before heading out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Law enforcement agencies across St. Lucie County spent the Independence Day weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-330807","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\/330807","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=330807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}