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Old 10-31-2005, 09:47 PM
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UF Beta fatally beaten after game

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs...1019/1078/NEWS

Not really risk management, but still very very sad. No word that I saw whether the 5 guys responsible were in a fraternity.

It takes a lot of guts for 5 guys to beat up one guy and over sports at that.
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Old 11-01-2005, 12:20 AM
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very sad. big tough hombres who feel they have to do this.
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Old 11-01-2005, 12:38 AM
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I feel deeply saddened after hearing this news. Please keep Thomas Brown in your prayers.
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Old 11-01-2005, 09:47 AM
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Today's reports are saying all 5 men have no connection either to UF or UGa. The video tape apparently has a clear image of the attack also. No motive has been developed.
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Old 11-01-2005, 10:01 AM
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Old 11-01-2005, 11:46 AM
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Sad day

I hope these guys are caught and prosecuted to the fullest, I feel so sorry for this young mans parents.
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Old 11-01-2005, 03:43 PM
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Assuming that this was an argument over the game -- which is a big assumption, I'll grant -- I just have never understood why athletic events cause fights, etc. between fans.

It's a game! It's not the end of the world.
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Old 11-01-2005, 03:57 PM
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Unhappy

What an ignorant and usless thing to have happened to a Young Man with His whole life ahead of Him and True Brother who was always there for His Brothers!

These Ass Wipes really screwed up His Life, His Brothers Lives and His Familys Life.

If they play the Well, He started it card, I hope the Jury and Court go full press on them!

Condolences to all of His Brothers and Family.
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Old 11-01-2005, 10:02 PM
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Prosecutor Gives New Information in UF Student Death

By Grayson Kamm
First Coast News
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- First Coast News has learned new information about how UF student Tom Brown died, whether the suspects are talking, and what role alcohol may have played in the murder.
The Jacksonville State Attorney's Office says 23-year-old Tom Brown died of massive head injuries.
Police found him barely alive in front of C.S.X. headquarters downtown Saturday night, hours after the Florida-Georgia game.
Prosecutors are still waiting on word from the Medical Examiner on whether Brown had been drinking, and whether anything else contributed to his death.
We've also learned, the five men arrested in the beating death have not offered to testify against each other.
The State Attorney's Office is meeting with police officers working the case, and will announce formal charges later this week.
First Coast News sat down with Angela Corey, the woman who will prosecute the case.
We asked questions about how Brown died, and what was taped by a C.S.X. surveillance camera.
She says we can expect the images from those security cameras to be key evidence.
Police say the tape is clear, and it shows five men cornering and beating University of Florida student Tom Brown to death.
Corey is one of a handful of people who have seen the video. She says, "It didn't take long -it was within a matter of - well, it was less than a few minutes - the whole incident."
But Corey says she can't say much more about the video. As evidence, it'll be kept from the public until formal charges are filed, or even longer.
"Discussing the details would be the same as releasing the tape, and at this point, wouldn't be appropriate," Corey said.
Corey says the tape captures the scene, but not the motive.
"Usually, fights are over drinking, other women, football. In this case, people wonder, 'Was this a Georgia-Florida thing?'... we don't have any of those obvious things in this case," she said.
The Medical Examiner's Office told us Tom Brown's autopsy is finished. But just like the public, Corey is waiting for the results.
"Generally, we take... an oral review from the Medical Examiner's report once they've determined a cause of death," she said.
She says the full report, which typically takes weeks, will show whether Brown had been drinking, and exactly how he died.
"[We] were aware that the victim probably died from blunt trauma to the head. And that's what the Medical Examiner determined as the basis for the probable cause for the arrest," Corey said.
Corey plans to announce the formal charges the five suspects will face by week's end.
"We gather all police reports, all information, interview our witnesses and our detectives before we make a filing decision, and then we go from there," she said.
Florida-Georgia weekend is nicknamed "the world's largest outdoor cocktail party."
And a party was going, with alcohol flowing just a block away from the murder scene, at the Jacksonville Landing.
Friends have told First Coast News it was that party that drew both the suspects and the victim downtown that night.
But Corey says alcohol may not have been a major factor in this murder.
One of the suspect's friends says he came to the Landing Saturday night to party and drink.
But a different picture comes from Corey, who was at the scene minutes after the murder.
She says when police put the five suspects in jail that night, they were not noticeably drunk.
"In this case, all of them were very coherent, were brought in standing. There was nothing to indicate a real problem there," Corey said.
She says police decided not to test the suspects' blood alcohol levels.
But some officers' reports are still sealed, and that's where they'd note any subtle signs of drinking.
"They would be trained, and they would have made those notes when they interviewed these suspects," Corey said.
Tom Brown, the victim, has a history with alcohol.
His record shows three arrests from Brevard County, the area around his hometown.
Two were for underage drinking, and one was for having a fake ID.
The Medical Examiner's Office says they've finished the autopsy on Brown, but have not released the results.
A full report, which typically takes weeks, should show whether Brown had been drinking Saturday night.
"A toxicology screen is done on all victims that are autopsied here," Corey explained.
But Corey says alcohol may not play a major role in the murder investigation, because being drunk is not a defense to the likely charge of second degree murder.
"Alcohol consumption may be relevant at some point, but it would not be the critical issue in the case," Corey said.
First Coast News talked with the staff at the Jacksonville Landing.
They say they have no way of knowing if any of the people involved in this case actually went there Saturday night.
After reviewing the weekend, the Landing's staff says it's one of the safest they've seen, and the number of arrests was down from previous years.
Brown's family, friends, and fraternity brothers will hold a memorial service Wednesday in his hometown of Merritt Island.
His funeral is planned for Thursday.
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Old 11-19-2005, 12:04 PM
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JACKSONVILLE -- Two of five people charged in the beating death of a University of Florida senior while he was in Jacksonville for the Florida-Georgia Game pleaded not guilty Friday to murder charges.

Jeremy Lane and Alex Canzano, both 21 and from Jacksonville, briefly appeared before Judge John Skinner as their lawyers entered the pleas in the Oct. 29 slaying of Tom Brown.

The 23-year-old Brown was beaten outside the CSX building on Water Street near The Jacksonville Landing downtown, dying of his injuries shortly after the assault.

Arraignment of Mark Foss, 18, of Jacksonville was postponed after authorities said the man went to the hospital for an unknown reason.

Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda, who is prosecuting the case, and Canzano's attorney, Hank Coxe, agreed not to comment on the case outside of what is said on the record in the courtroom.

The Public Defender's Office is representing Lane. Lewis Buzzell, a lawyer who appeared on Lane's behalf Friday, had no comment.

Family and friends of Brown filled a row of the courtroom for the proceeding Friday, leaving before authorities announced Foss wouldn't be appearing. Two people, there for Canzano, also watched the proceeding, wiping away tears and comforting each other while listening to the lawyers and judge.

Also facing murder charges are Casey Schuurman, 20, of Jacksonville and Jeffery Gronczniak, 19, of Ponte Vedra. Police arrested both, but the State Attorney's Office is still investigating the charges and has yet to formalize them, which has delayed their arraignments, authorities said.

John Whited, the attorney for Gronczniak, confirmed Friday the police investigation is ongoing but declined to make any comments. Schuurman's attorney was unavailable for comment Friday, an employee at his office said.

Authorities are holding each defendant without bond.

The judge rescheduled Foss' arraignment for Nov. 29 and also set pre-trial hearings for Lane and Canzano for mid-December.

Brown, a Merritt Island High School graduate, was majoring in building construction and managed a Gainesville Pizza Hut. A member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, shortly before his death he moved out of the fraternity house and into his first apartment. The student's family said he loved to watch Gators football, which was why he came to Jacksonville for the annual grudge match against the Georgia Bulldogs.

Authorities said Brown died of blunt trauma to the head. They're alleging Brown and the other five men had a chance encounter and exchanged words before three men beat Brown as two others acted as lookouts. Police arrested the five defendants in a taxi on Beach Boulevard after witnesses gave tag information for the vehicle they escaped in.

Some friends of all five accused went to court Friday, offering a few words afterwards.

"They're all just really good guys, I can't believe this has happened to them. It's sad," said Curtis Tucker, 23.
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Old 11-19-2005, 06:13 PM
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If they get off, well, maybe justice should be taken into other people's hands.
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Old 11-20-2005, 12:34 PM
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If they get off, well, maybe justice should be taken into other people's hands.
Then there could be a few other murderers roaming the streets.
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Old 04-21-2006, 05:15 AM
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THANK YOU

On behalf of the Gamma Xi chapter of Beta Theta Pi, thanks for your support.
Tom was a brother well respected in the house. Not only was he brother of the year, he was also a vice-president of our house. His nickname was Paul Bunyan for his willingness to get anything done around the house.

Senseless violence has no place taking people like Tom from us, I hope that justice will be down regardless of what the courts say or do.

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Old 04-21-2006, 03:16 PM
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Christopher, thank You for the input.

It is still a sad situation to lose a Brother who was so well like and admired.
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Old 04-24-2006, 12:19 PM
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Some friends of all five accused went to court Friday, offering a few words afterwards.

"They're all just really good guys, I can't believe this has happened to them. It's sad," said Curtis Tucker, 23.

Yeah, they're just peaches
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