{"id":351852,"date":"2026-07-25T02:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351852\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T02:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:36:07","slug":"port-st-lucie-man-21-arrested-on-child-sex-battery-charge-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351852\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie man, 21, arrested on child sex battery charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A 21-year-old man is behind bars after being accused of lewd and lascivious battery on a child, authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stluciesheriff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a>, the investigation began July 10 after deputies responded to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcafloridahealthcare.com\/locations\/lawnwood-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Lawnwood Regional Medical Center <\/a>at the request of the Port St. Lucie Police Department, which was assisting the Florida Department of Children and Families.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/florida\/tesla-driver-accused-asking-to-buy-children-pompano-beach-intersection-sample-road-federal-highway-disturbing-encounter-child-safety-deputy-investigation-broward-sheriffs-office-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tesla driver accused of asking to buy children during disturbing South Florida encounter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators determined the alleged crime occurred within the St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office&#8217;s jurisdiction, and the case was assigned to sheriff&#8217;s office detectives.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said the investigation led to the arrest of Shardwensly Aristill, of Port St. Lucie. He was charged with lewd or lascivious battery on a child between the ages of 12 and 16.<\/p>\n<p>Aristill is being held without bond at the St. Lucie County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information related to the investigation or who may have had contact with the suspect under similar circumstances is asked to contact the St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 772-462-7300.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 21-year-old man is behind bars after being accused of lewd and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-351852","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\/351852","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=351852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}