Busted headlight lands five Kentucky drug runners in jail

57 pounds of cocaine wash ashore in Vero Beach

VERO BEACH — Police officers doing surveys for sea turtle nesting season discovered 20 bricks of cocaine that washed ashore over the weekend, spokesperson Officer Kelsea Marty said. U.S. Border Patrol officials posted pictures of the packages - which have a street value of nearly $700,000 - on social media Monday. The tightly wrapped packages weighed a total of 57 pounds, Marty said. Vero Beach Police officers turned the drugs over to border patrol officials. Police found the packages - completely sealed - at 12:22 a.m. Friday in the 1700 block of Ocean Drive, about 200 yards north of South Beach Park, Marty said. The narcotics were located east of Lady Bug Lane and Ocean Drive. Four officers were already ...

County announces beach closures ahead of beach restoration project

At least two beaches will be closed starting this weekend ahead of the beach restoration project, which will start back up next week, county officials said. The project aims to restore sand - which had been washed away by storms and hurricanes over the years - at the beaches. Beach park access at Seagrape Trail Beach Access and Treasure Shores Park Beach will both close starting Friday, county officials said. Seagrape Trail Beach is located south of Wabasso Beach, off Highway A1A. Treasure Shores Park Beach is located north of Wabasso Beach. Construction at Treasure Shores Park Beach - which will start Nov. 1 - was expected to last for 45 days. Crews will finish dumping 30,000 cubic yards of ...

Cocaine, ecstasy seized in drug bust not far from elementary school

VERO BEACH — Two men were jailed after a drug bust where deputies seized cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana and ammunition from an apartment complex not far from an elementary school Tuesday. Deputies said street crime detectives have conducted investigations in the area behind Rosewood Magnet School in an attempt to stop the sale of illegal drugs near the campus. The sheriff's SWAT team completed two search warrants that led to the arrests of Ray Alphonso Brown Jr. and Marquis Darrell Johnson. Brown, 32, and Johnson, 44, both of the 1800 block of 40th Avenue, Vero Beach, were arrested on a variety of charges including possession of cocaine, possession of ecstasy and possession of drug paraphernalia. Both were also served warrants for ...