FHP IDs Vero motorcyclist killed in Turnpike crash

High speed chase leads to trafficking cocaine charges

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Two men were awaiting court dates after troopers found 282 grams of cocaine in a vehicle following a high-speed, two-county chase on the interstate last month. The troopers also discovered a black Uzi-style gun loaded with plastic pellets and more than $13,000 in cash inside the car. Keishon Ramail Jones, 26, of Palm Coast, and Jerome Lewis Clark, 26, of Daytona Beach, each were charged with trafficking in cocaine. Clark was also charged with possession of cocaine, driving while license suspended with knowledge, reckless driving and fleeing and eluding a police officer. Jones, the passenger, was held Friday at the Indian River County Jail on a $100,000 bond, while Clark, the driver, was held at the ...

Mother charged in DUI crash that left her and daughter seriously hurt

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A woman who deputies said drove at a high speed while intoxicated before crashing the vehicle in a ditch - seriously injuring herself along with her daughter - was jailed last week. The 5-year-old girl had to undergo surgery for a fractured left femur, reports show. Alondra Daniela Castro Rios, 24, of the 300 block of 8th Avenue, Vero Beach, was charged with DUI seriously bodily injury to another and DUI with person under 18 in the vehicle. Castro Rios was released Feb. 28 from the Indian River County Jail on a $55,000 bond. The wreck happened about 10 p.m. Jan. 6 in the 8200 block of 9th Street Southwest, just east of I-95. Several witnesses ...

Motorcyclist killed in two-vehicle crash Monday in parking lot

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A motorcyclist died after he drove at a high speed through a parking lot, zoomed past a stop sign and slammed into another vehicle late Monday, sheriff's officials said. Deputies later learned the motorcycle was stolen from Orange County, according to Sgt. Kevin Jaworski, a spokesperson with the Indian River County Sheriff's Office. "Upon the arrival of deputies, the motorcycle rider was unresponsive and CPR was performed," Jaworski said. The 40-year-old motorcyclist was taken by ambulance to Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead, officials said. Florida Highway Patrol troopers said the man was from Vero Beach, but public records showed he lived in Merritt Island in Brevard County. The driver of the ...