{"id":377459,"date":"2026-08-21T13:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377459\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:08:08","slug":"off-duty-st-lucie-deputy-helps-capture-suspect-in-8-vehicle-burglaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377459\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-duty St. Lucie deputy helps capture suspect in 8 vehicle burglaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla (CBS12) \u2014 An off-duty St. Lucie County sheriff\u2019s deputy helped capture a man investigators say was connected to eight vehicle burglaries and attempted burglaries in the Spanish Lakes<\/a> One community.<\/p>\n

Deputies began investigating Aug. 17 after receiving multiple calls about burglaries and attempted burglaries involving vehicles in the community, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/a><\/p>\n

The following day, Detective Cpl. Anzalone was assigned to the investigation and worked with patrol deputies and crime analysts to identify 44-year-old Herman Ray Nettles of Fort Pierce as a suspect, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

Information about Nettles was then distributed to agency personnel.<\/p>\n

Two days later, on Aug. 20, Deputy Martinez-Delgado was off duty when she spotted Nettles traveling along U.S. 1 in southern Port St. Lucie, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

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An off-duty St. Lucie County sheriff\u2019s deputy helped capture a man investigators say was connected to eight vehicle burglaries and attempted burglaries in the Spanish Lakes One community. (SLCSO)<\/p>\n

Martinez-Delgado called 911, and responding deputies detained Nettles. He was later taken to the sheriff\u2019s Criminal Investigations Division for further investigation.<\/p>\n

Investigators said they developed probable cause connecting Nettles to all eight reported incidents.<\/p>\n

Nettles was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail on a charge of burglary of an unoccupied conveyance. The sheriff\u2019s office said he will face a total of eight counts stemming from the investigation: three counts of burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and five counts of attempted burglary of an unoccupied conveyance.<\/p>\n

See also: Boca Raton couple sentenced in $50M fraud scheme orchestrated from behind bars<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a law enforcement officer doesn\u2019t stop when the shift ends,\u201d Sheriff Richard Del Toro said, crediting Martinez-Delgado for recognizing the suspect and quickly contacting authorities.<\/p>\n

Del Toro also praised the deputies, detectives and crime analysts who worked to identify Nettles and build the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla (CBS12) \u2014 An off-duty St. Lucie County sheriff\u2019s deputy helped capture a man investigators…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-377459","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\/377459","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=377459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}