Vero Beach Crime Blotter: Nov. 14

Student arrested after ‘bomb’ note that led to lockdown, campus search

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Deputies arrested an 11-year-old Storm Grove Middle School student one day after another student found a suspicious note prompting a campus lockdown and search. The note described a bomb on campus, sheriff's officials said. "The student wrote the note and admitted to placing it between the lockers," said Sgt. Kevin Jaworski, a spokesperson with the Indian River County Sheriff's Office. The girl was taken into custody about 3 p.m. Thursday, Jaworski said. The student was charged with written threats to kill, a second-degree felony offense. "We are not releasing (the student's) name at this time," Jaworski said. The girl will be taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Fort Pierce. The other student found the ...

Confession, DNA evidence lead to arrest in fatal stabbing of army vet

GIFFORD — A tearful confession, DNA evidence and surveillance footage led deputies to arrest a murder suspect who they said killed an army veteran and stole his belongings earlier this year. Eugene "Gene" Bain, 65, admitted to detectives that he repeatedly stabbed a man sleeping outside of Stone Brothers Funeral Chapel before walking off with his scooter, backpack and cell phone, Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers said. "(Bain) was in the hospital in tears," said Flowers, who mentioned that Bain was hospitalized for unrelated health issues. "(Bain) said 'I have to get this off my conscious' and admitted it." Flowers spoke during a news conference Wednesday at the sheriff's office, where he identified the victim as David Schultz, a ...

Deputies: Man charged with running over woman after domestic dispute

A Sebastian man was jailed Thursday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that occurred after a domestic dispute with a woman he was in a relationship with, deputies said. The identity of the woman who was fatally struck was not publicly released. The woman's body was found on the side of southbound U.S. 1, prompting a criminal and traffic homicide investigation, Indian River County sheriff's officials said. "We think her body was there for a couple of hours," Sheriff's spokesperson Lt. Joe Abollo said. Drew Preston Leibrock, 52, of the 100 block of Crawford Drive, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with a death and tampering with or destroying evidence. Leibrock was held Thursday at the Indian River ...