FORT PIERCE — Two local men were arrested after St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office investigators on Wednesday stopped their sport utility vehicle and turned up marijuana and a loaded rifle, according to affidavits released Thursday.

A deputy traveling on North 25th Street about 11:10 a.m. Wednesday spotted a silver Pontiac SUV that turned onto Delaware Avenue. The SUV appeared to have illegal window tint and a sticker that was obscured on the tag. The SUV “rolled through” a stop sign and the deputy began trying to stop the vehicle. (more…)

A 41-year-old bicyclist died after riding into the path of a 2005 Nissan Tuesday night, according to a crash report released Wednesday.

Abel Fierros Hernandez, of the 300 block of North 12th Street, was riding a bicycle about 8 p.m. Tuesday as Veronica Keith Darrisaw, 36, drove the Nissan east on Orange Avenue approaching South 22nd Street.

A witness said Hernandez came off a sidewalk and rode into the path of Darrisaw’s vehicle. The witness said she also had to swerve to avoid Hernandez, who looked as if he had difficulties “steadying himself.” Hernandez’s bicycle didn’t have lights.
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