Murder in Seagrove

[Everytime]

Agreed, and the person I am referring to seems quite content to wake up on Seagrove Beach each day, use the public facilities, hop on his bike and go see where he can scare up a sandwich. There is a difference between "homeless" and a very willing "beach bum". Both need to be addressed in Sowal, and this recent tragedy highlights the importance of reporting trespassers. Our neighborhood board will be encouraging people to report this kind of thing to the sheriff.

Does the Bramble Grove walkover resident look like Sullivan from LOST? I've seen who I could almost be certain is this character hanging around the Eastern Lake Road area:

Seems to be harmless and I've never had any interaction with him, but the recent tragedy unfortunately brings up the reality and risk of vagrants who might not be harmless...

 

[Everytime]

That's exactly the way they are in Midtown Atlanta. Even when free food is offered by volunteers in a vacant lot at the intersection of Juniper and Pine, they are reluctant to take it.

The I-20/I-85 interchange has a huge, tiered landscaped area in the middle of all of the exit and merging ramps. If you can take your eyes off of traffic long enough (which is dangerous) to scan that area, you'll see what looks like a huge homeless community campground. I guess it's not very easy for L.E.O.s and other people to get to, so they settle in there as their base. Is that part of Midtown?

 

[Beach Runner]

The I-20/I-85 interchange has a huge, tiered landscaped area in the middle of all of the exit and merging ramps. If you can take your eyes off of traffic long enough (which is dangerous) to scan that area, you'll see what looks like a huge homeless community campground. I guess it's not very easy for L.E.O.s and other people to get to, so they settle in there as their base. Is that part of Midtown?

The area I'm referring to is near Georgia Tech, right where the 75/85 connector takes a curve near the West Peachtree exit is if you're going northbound or the North Avenue exit if you are going southbound. Basically the curve near The Varsity.
Midtown's Peachtree Corridor - the business district dotted with skyscapers, roughly bounded by the Downtown Connector on the west, I-85 on the north, Piedmont Ave. on the east, and North Ave. on the south[2]
The "Midtown Neighborhood", the area east of Piedmont Avenue and south of Piedmont Park – a residential area of single-family houses and small apartment buildings. It borders the BeltLine and the Poncey-Highland neighborhood on the east and Ponce de Leon Avenue and the Old Fourth Ward on the south[2] – roughly contiguous with the National Register-listed Midtown Historic District[3]

 

[Bee]

Thank you, Hippie Chick. If his mother had any class she would not be talking to the media any time soon. And for those who say "I feel sorry for her, too", shame on you for trying to equate the two. I'm sick and tired of "moral relativism"; it is bringing our whole society and justice system down. His mom is not to blame, but our sympathies should lie soley with Courtney and her family.

I don't know about you but personally I don't care about anything that comes out of his Mother's mouth. No she is not responsible for what her son did. But saying things like, he seemed emotionally abused, and was a special needs student, and that he was high on drugs and does not remember, is making excuses for his murdering that child. This community is still in shock over the murder and now is not the time for his mother to talk about her poor kids problems. It makes me sick!

 

[scooterbug44]

I disagree with that - obviously there is no comparison between what the two different sets of parents are going through, but that does not mean that she is completely undeserving of sympathy for what she and the rest of the family must now deal with.

Agree that giving an interview and trying to get him sympathy is as classy as her gomer son grinning in the mugshot, but as my mother says "I'm your parent, so I'll love you even if you commit murder."

 

[PJJ]

Regarding the "Bramble man", that's not him. I've lived a 3 iron from the Bramble walkover for 8+ years, before the old walkover was knocked down by one of the hurricanes and was replaced with the nice one we have now. My wife takes our 3 year old and 11 month old out to that beach about 3 times per week, and we typically walk down for sunset once a week. Other than a few quick words sometimes, heys and War Eagles, we aren't regular friends or acquaintances with JT. We've always noticed that he not only cleans up after himself, he'll clean up after the tourists who leave their stuff on the beach. A lot of the toys he picks up, he'll put out for kids to freely use. Most of the times when we head down for sunset, he's getting on his bike heading out. Maybe he's going to the Angelina's bar. I don't know, and I'm hoping my time at local bars isn't a topic of conversation on an internet message board. Never once has he asked any of us for money, and never have we given him money.

For an area that sanctimoniously prides itself in open-mindedness, it is unfortunate to see the "call the cops and round up the Bramble hobo" posts. What happened to that child is incredibly tragic, and our prayers go out to her family, but the murder was committed by a criminally disturbed individual who appears to have been homeless for a few days, maybe a few weeks. I understand that looking the other way on someone sleeping on the beach can lead to many more sleeping on the beach, potentially other disturbed individuals with whom we are not familiar. However, as of now, we don't have a problem like Hawaii beaches, or anything close to it.

I realize that people go on vacation want to get away from things that might not fit their idealistic south Walton vacation. On the other hand, I wish the tourists would focus more on getting their own houses in order rather than worrying about a non-problem in a place they vacation. I know that might be offensive, but it is not an opinion that I alone share. I'm not here to argue or debate this, but I wanted to give the side of a family who deals with the issue on a daily basis before the torches and pitchforks are passed. I may head down to the beach a little early tonight and drop off a paintbrush and easel and tell him to sell "authentic, local art" until this blows over.

Have a nice day.
Philip

 

[scooterbug44]

Increasing numbers of homeless people camping out on/near the beach and making people feel uneasy or unsafe is not just a tourist issue.

Saying we should address said issue before it becomes a bigger problem is not the same as "pitchforks and torches."

Glad you like your homeless guy and think he does a good job cleaning the beach. The one by my house left cigarette butts everywhere.

 

[PJJ]

Just to clarify, the "Bramble man" was specifically mentioned over half a dozen times, that's why I referred specifically to him.

 

[Zebraspots]

I thought there was more than 1 "Bramble man"? Heard several months ago that there was a group camped out there.

 

[30A Skunkape]

Cozzie has developed amnesia, eh? Not until after his defense attorney got ahold of him. I'm assuming (maybe incorrectly) he has a public defender and I know for a fact a local public defender likes to use the "I was on drugs and don't remember anything at all" defense. That was for a dingbat breaking into cars though, so not sure if that sort of thing works in a murder case.