{"id":44377,"date":"2025-11-12T22:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/44377\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:31:15","slug":"florida-teen-arrested-for-allegedly-attacking-police-car-with-shovel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/44377\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Teen Arrested for Allegedly Attacking Police Car With Shovel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762986675_792_image\" alt=\"https:\/\/img.particlenews.com\/image.php?url=0DcI9n_16UvaNCz00\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/>Photo: Arman Zhenikeyev \/ Corbis \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Port St. Lucie, FL &#8211; A 15-year-old girl from Port St. Lucie was arrested after she allegedly attacked a police patrol car with a metal shovel while an officer sat inside. <\/p>\n<p>Police say the incident happened on November 3rd in a residential neighborhood after officers were called to a disturbance at the teen\u2019s family home.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Port St. Lucie Police Department, the girl, identified as Amy Chance, was seen standing in the street holding a shovel when the officer arrived. <\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gorman and Dana McKay cover this story and more on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/flight-disruptions-across-florida-veterans-day-tributes\/id1606462932?i=1000736434346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Ryan Gorman Show<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Body camera footage shows her walking toward the police cruiser and striking the hood several times without any apparent provocation.<\/p>\n<p>The officer, who was inside the vehicle, reacted in disbelief, exited the car, and ordered the teen to drop the shovel while aiming his Taser at her.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage shows Chance lowering the shovel, making an obscene gesture toward the officer, and attempting to walk away.<\/p>\n<p>The officer then commanded her to the ground, placed her in handcuffs, and took her into custody without further resistance.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the damage to the patrol car exceeded $1,200.<\/p>\n<p>Chance was charged with felony criminal mischief for allegedly causing intentional damage to city property.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities noted that no one was injured during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Port St. Lucie Police Department stated that acts of intentional property damage, regardless of age, will result in arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for the disturbance that led to the officer\u2019s response remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Arman Zhenikeyev \/ Corbis \/ Getty Images Port St. Lucie, FL &#8211; A 15-year-old girl from Port&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[749,29144,266,748,22684,171,173,172],"class_list":["post-44377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-breaking-news","tag-florida-teen-arrested-for-allegedly-attacking-police-car-with-shovel","tag-local-news","tag-newsbreak","tag-newsradio-wfla","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\/44377","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=44377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}