STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — A routine welfare check turned into a high-speed pursuit and multiple felony counts for a man in Stuart on Tuesday.
The Stuart Police Department (SPD) said officers responded to a report of a person sleeping inside a pickup truck on Palm City Road around 8 p.m. The occupant — identified as Steve Beausoleil — refused to exit the truck. Officers reported suspecting Beausoleil was under the influence of alcohol and unable to safely operate the truck.
As officers attempted to remove Beausoleil from the vehicle, he fled the scene, running over an officer’s foot and striking a mailbox. The pursuit began on Palm City Road and continued towards US-1, with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office assisting in the chase…