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Arrest Made In Case Of Man Found Dead At Confederate Monument
October 16, 2015
A homeless man who strangled another homeless man in Lee Square in August has been arrested.
A warrant was served on Brandon Brown, 44, no permanent address, in the Escambia County Jail Thursday afternoon. He was charged with homicide, and is being held without bond.
Detective Amy Parsons said Brown was developed as a suspect in the August 9 strangulation death of Larson Brake, 50, no permanent address. Parsons said the two men got into an argument and that Brown placed Brake in a “sleeper hold.”
Brown then placed Brake on a bench in the park where an officer discovered him around 9:35 a.m. that day. Parsons said the medical examiner’s office recently notified the police department that Brake’s death was a homicide. After police consulted with the State Attorney’s Office, the charge was brought.
Brown has been in the Escambia County Jail since he was arrested around 8:15 a.m. on August 9 after he chased and threw a brick at a bicyclist in the 700 block of North Palafox Street near where the homicide occurred. Police found him hosing himself off outside a house near Lee Square.
Brown was charged with aggravated assault, trespassing, petit theft, and resisting an officer for that incident.
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2 Responses to “Arrest Made In Case Of Man Found Dead At Confederate Monument”
Sometimes there is a very good reason people are not invited into the homes of others.
David for safe children, safe you, safe me
Idle hands is the devils workshop, When you stay busy or Work for a living you are less likely to fall into mischief. Their are many people around here that like giving them money ‘and they generally make sure someone is watching when they do’ and then this poor homeless person goes down to the corner liquor store to wash away their sorrow’s just remember YOU contributed to their situation!!
Send them to the mission, they will get more help there!!