{"id":331252,"date":"2026-07-06T22:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/331252\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:47:08","slug":"florida-corrections-deputy-takes-plea-deal-in-off-duty-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/331252\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida corrections deputy takes plea deal in off-duty incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office corrections deputy facing criminal charges appears to be avoiding trial.According to court documents in St. Lucie County, Devin Mills, 57, from Port St. Lucie, accepted a plea agreement with the state attorney\u2019s office on Monday, June 29.By accepting the plea agreement, Mills pleaded no contest to a burglary of conveyance. He was initially charged with burglary of conveyance with assault and battery.As part of the plea agreement, Mills must sign and submit a law enforcement certificate surrender form and pay court costs.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsMills has credit for two days of time served in county jail.A spokesperson for the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office told WPBF 25 News on Monday, July 6, that Mills remains on unpaid administrative leave, pending the conclusion of an internal affairs investigation.After his arrest on Feb. 10, 2025, the sheriff\u2019s office placed Mills on unpaid administrative leave, pending the conclusion of the internal affairs investigation.Mills is accused of confronting two 18-year-olds during an off-duty road-rage incident on the 100 block of SW Tulip Boulevard.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.According to a Port St. Lucie Police Department report, Mills was video recorded by the teens confronting the driver for allegedly driving too closely to him.The report added Mills was recorded reaching into the open passenger-side window of the teens\u2019 car, grabbing the other teen\u2019s arm to take the cellphone that was recording him away.Mills has a sentencing hearing scheduled for Thursday, July 16.WPBF 25 News contacted Mills’ attorney for comment and is awaiting a response.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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A St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office corrections deputy facing criminal charges appears to be avoiding trial.<\/p>\n

According to court documents in St. Lucie County, Devin Mills, 57, from Port St. Lucie, accepted a plea agreement with the state attorney\u2019s office on Monday, June 29.<\/p>\n

By accepting the plea agreement, Mills pleaded no contest to a burglary of conveyance. <\/p>\n

He was initially charged with burglary of conveyance with assault and battery.<\/p>\n

As part of the plea agreement, Mills must sign and submit a law enforcement certificate surrender form and pay court costs.<\/p>\n

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

Mills has credit for two days of time served in county jail.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office told WPBF 25 News on Monday, July 6, that Mills remains on unpaid administrative leave, pending the conclusion of an internal affairs investigation.<\/p>\n

After his arrest on Feb. 10, 2025, the sheriff\u2019s office placed Mills on unpaid administrative leave, pending the conclusion of the internal affairs investigation.<\/p>\n

Mills is accused of confronting two 18-year-olds during an off-duty road-rage incident on the 100 block of SW Tulip Boulevard.<\/p>\n

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

According to a Port St. Lucie Police Department report, Mills was video recorded by the teens confronting the driver for allegedly driving too closely to him.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDevin Mills, a St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office corrections deputy, pleaded no contest to burglary charges stemming from a road-rage incident and remains on unpaid administrative leave pending an internal investigation.<\/p>\n

The report added Mills was recorded reaching into the open passenger-side window of the teens\u2019 car, grabbing the other teen\u2019s arm to take the cellphone that was recording him away.<\/p>\n

Mills has a sentencing hearing scheduled for Thursday, July 16.<\/p>\n

WPBF 25 News contacted Mills’ attorney for comment and is awaiting a response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office corrections deputy facing criminal charges appears to be avoiding trial.According to court…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[7741,136694,136696,65360,20949,4420,217,115,136695,660,2021,171,173,172,136693,22222,1953,136697,189],"class_list":["post-331252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-conveyance","tag-devin-mills","tag-florida-correction-deputy","tag-internal-affair-investigation","tag-july","tag-mill","tag-monday","tag-news","tag-off-duty-incident","tag-office","tag-plea-agreement","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st-lucie-county-corrections-deputy-avoids-trial-with-plea-deal","tag-st-lucie-county-sheriff","tag-teen","tag-unpaid-administrative-leave","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331252","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=331252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}