{"id":415885,"date":"2026-10-01T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/415885\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:18:08","slug":"two-men-arrested-in-separate-port-st-lucie-hit-and-run-cases-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/415885\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men arrested in separate Port St. Lucie hit-and-run cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two men are out of jail on bond after being arrested in two separate hit-and-run cases in Port St. Lucie this week, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pslpolice.com\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> the Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the first case, police said 23-year-old Giovanni Barthelemy hit a teenager riding an e-bike Wednesday near Southwest Roma Way and Southwest Lorenzo Way.<\/p>\n<p>A security camera at a community entrance recorded the crash. Police said the video shows the driver trying to turn into the community, hitting the teen, then making a U-turn and driving away.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver did not call 911 or stop to help. The teen was badly hurt and taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcafloridahealthcare.com\/locations\/lawnwood-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the car&#8217;s owner later called 911 after the car came back home damaged. Police said the owner was not driving. Investigators then identified Barthelemy as the driver.<\/p>\n<p>Barthelemy is charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving injuries. He was released on a $7,500 bond.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/florida\/rapper-rick-ross-william-leonard-roberts-arrested-miami-beach-domestic-violence-charges-battery-by-strangulation-not-guilty-plea-miami-beach-police-department-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapper Rick Ross arrested in Florida on domestic violence charges, enters not guilty plea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second case began Tuesday, when officers with the department&#8217;s Traffic Unit tried to pull over a car near Southwest Becker Road and Southwest Hallmark Street.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver took off and hit a traffic sign while getting away. Officers later found the car on Interstate 95 and arrested 19-year-old Christian Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage, reckless driving, and driving with a suspended or revoked license. He was released on a $12,500 bond.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement about both arrests, the Port St. Lucie Police Department said drivers are legally required to stop, whether it&#8217;s for a traffic stop or after a crash.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fleeing from law enforcement or leaving the scene of a crash can have serious consequences,&#8221; the department said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two men are out of jail on bond after being arrested in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-415885","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\/415885","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=415885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}