{"id":356592,"date":"2026-07-29T19:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/356592\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:21:11","slug":"stuart-man-arrested-after-chase-ends-in-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/356592\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart man arrested after chase ends in crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stuart man arrested after leading police on chase, crashing into another vehicle<\/p>\n

\"VanessaSTUART, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

A Stuart man is facing multiple charges after police said he led officers on a chase through Stuart and Martin County Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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According to the Stuart Police Department, an officer attempted to stop a vehicle on July 28 for an equipment violation after learning the registered owner’s driver’s license had been revoked.<\/p>\n

Police said the driver did not stop and instead sped away, leading officers on a brief pursuit through the city. During the chase, investigators said the suspect crashed into another vehicle and continued driving out of Stuart.<\/p>\n

Authorities said the driver continued driving recklessly into Martin County, where deputies with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office and troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol joined the pursuit.<\/p>\n

The vehicle was eventually stopped, and the driver surrendered without further incident, according to police.<\/p>\n

The driver was identified as 31-year-old David Kingsley Jr. He was arrested and charged by Stuart Police with fleeing and eluding law enforcement and leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage.<\/p>\n

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Stuart man arrested after leading police on chase, crashing into another vehicle<\/p>\n

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Additional charges were filed by the Florida Highway Patrol and the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

Stuart police thanked the Martin County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Highway Patrol for their assistance in bringing the pursuit to a safe end.<\/p>\n

Get the latest weather updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart man arrested after leading police on chase, crashing into another vehicle STUART, Fla. \u2014 A Stuart man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-356592","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\/356592","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=356592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}