Gang member arrested in last month’s violent attack outside Port St. Lucie gym
March 10th, 2010 by TCPalm.comPORT ST. LUCIE — A known gang member accused in connection with a violent confrontation last month at the Minsky gym faces several charges, according to records released Wednesday.
James Palmer, 20, was identified in a police investigation as one of several people involved in the attack in which he and others approached a pickup truck with five people inside and smashed windows. At least some of the vehicle’s occupants were hit with a pipe and/or a stick.
The attack apparently happened after the pickup truck drove off and got stuck.
At least one of the truck occupants said Palmer, also referred to as “PJ/OG,” jumped in the truck bed and broke the rear glass with a stick. He threw a pipe through the window, hitting this occupant in the back of the head. Palmer then is accused of trying to enter the broken window and pull that person from the vehicle.
Two of the other attackers reportedly smashed the driver’s window with a pipe. These other attackers also tried to pull the driver out of the truck as they hit him with a stick.
One of the truck occupants told investigators he’d gotten in a fight with Palmer last summer.
Allegations also were made that at least one of the assailants pulled a gun during the incident.
The assailants fled when someone yelled “cops.”
Palmer, of the 3200 block of Southwest Ronlea Court, and two others involved in the incident were identified in records as “known gang members within our city.”
Palmer faces charges including two counts of burglary of a conveyance with assault or battery, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery and criminal mischief.
It wasn’t immediately clear Wednesday whether any of the other alleged attackers have been arrested.
By Will Greenlee, TCPalm.com
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March 10th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Easy solution, take em’ out back of Gun Club and empty a round. Clean up this place.
March 10th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Since when do they transport criminals to another county when the crime was committed in that county. Learn to read you moron. maybe they should take you out back !!! fin idiot
March 10th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Need some of that law enforcement around palm beach county- but instead of jailing them,I like the idea of taking them around back and killing them! Cowardly drive bys will cease very quickly,along with drug dealing,etc.
March 10th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
I dont mind killing them.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Hold on there….
They need a fair trial….
I say guilty…
All agreed?????
now shoot em…..sic
March 13th, 2010 at 6:46 am
Come on folks.. don’t we want to explore the socio-ethnic factors that drive these young people to gang life? No? yeah well niether do I. If we can’t just kill them we should at least sterilize them.
March 15th, 2010 at 4:54 am
man police go hard in psl for no reason fuck all of the PSL.PD locked my friend up jus because they “THOUGHT” he was somone else wut kinda damn police work is that??
March 31st, 2010 at 11:54 pm
I was there when this accured. I was pretty shocked at the view. . But I do believe James “PJ” Palmer shall be locked up. That is NOT cool!