{"id":4704,"date":"2025-10-15T12:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/4704\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T12:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:57:08","slug":"port-st-lucie-police-bust-duo-accused-of-multiple-armed-car-burglaries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/4704\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie police bust duo accused of multiple armed car burglaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two men are facing over 30 charges after police say they caught them in the middle of a string of Port St. Lucie car burglaries early Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Early Friday morning, officers with the Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) say they were called to the 2000 block of SE Trillo Street for reports of people rummaging through a car.<\/p>\n<p>According to PSLPD, the suspects, later identified as Yamsuel Jiminez Reyes and Dario Martinez, were dressed in vibrant colors with balaclavas covering their faces.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/parents-say-they-were-left-in-the-dark-after-12-year-olds-arrest-at-st-lucie-west-k-8\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/parents-say-they-were-left-in-the-dark-after-12-year-olds-arrest-at-st-lucie-west-k-8\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Parents say they were left in the dark after 12-year-old\u2019s arrest at St. Lucie West K-8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officers say they canvassed the area and caught both suspects in the act as they were allegedly attempting to burglarize another car.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation revealed that the duo had burglarized multiple unsecured cars, and Reyes was located with a gun in his pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez was booked for 20 charges, including possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, burglary, wearing a hooded mask during the commission of a crime, and possession of burglary tools. Reyes was booked on 13 charges, including armed burglary, wearing a hooded mask during the commission of a crime, possession of burglary tools, and petit theft.<\/p>\n<p>Officers remind the community to double-check that homes and cars are locked to help deter break-ins.<\/p>\n<p>Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/sign-up\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day&#8217;s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBS12NewsWPEC\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBS12NewsWPEC\/videos\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> for the biggest stories and can&#8217;t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two men are facing over 30 charges after police say they caught&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2215,2212,2214,667,132,171,173,172,2163,2213],"class_list":["post-4704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-armed-burglary","tag-car-burglaries","tag-charges","tag-investigation","tag-police","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-possession","tag-suspects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4704","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=4704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}