“New information on the reported attack on a Florida couple on Bay Street Monday morning has Metro Police investigating the possibility of charges against the reported victims,” a police department spokesperson says.
Video footage obtained from a Bay Street business on Thursday “seems to indicate that Corey Walters, 38, of Riverview, FL., instigated the confrontation that required medical treatment for him,” police say.
Angel Little, 36, initially told Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police “the couple had been attacked, beaten, kicked in the head and face and robbed by five to six males who left in a maroon sports sedan. The video refutes most of the couples’ account of what started the conflict as well as the extent of their participation,” police say.
According to police, the video shows Walters walking away and returning to confront two men standing on the sidewalk. “The confrontation increased between the men after Little walked up with her dog. It appears from the video she attempted to get between the men as her boyfriend struck one of them,” police say.
“Other men, possibly those first identified as the assailants, approached to break up or join in the affray that crossed Bay Street several times before Walters was left lying on the sidewalk.”
Robbery detectives continue to seek witnesses and the group of males to sort out discrepancies. They are described as being in their early 20s, clean shaven with short, groomed haircuts. They also are trying to identify the two men who were initially confronted by Walters.
Police continue to ask that anyone who may have been in the area of Bay and Bull streets about 2:15 a.m. and may have seen the confrontation to help provide information. They also are asking anyone who might know the participants to come forward.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Crimestoppers at (912) 234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
A Tip Line also is open directly to investigators at (912) 525-3124 and most area clergy have agreed to serve as liaisons for anyone who would like to share information with police anonymously.
This article appears in Feb 4-10, 2015.
It’s telling that this incident and the river street assault last year get attention for reasons involving tourism but both involved alcohol were not occurring in situations using common sense. Then take today, Thursday February 5. My wife came home from walking our dog at 8 a.m. and was followed and verbally threatened by a grown male. I went out after she ran away from him and ended up home a mess. I went out myself to track him down speaking to two different officers – Holtz and the middle aged white lady that has worked downtown for years – and told them the situation. I continued walking and found the guy myself and flagged a third officer at a light at Montgomery and Broughton and explained the situation. He had no prior briefing from dispatch. That was a police failure. Finally all three officers met up and arrested the guy who was clearly, quite literally, out of his mind. Later the same day, we were walking our dog around 630 p.m. And while crossing Broughton at Montgomery witnessed a man walking out of Marc Jacobs shrugging off their female employee while walking out with a couple of hand bags. So in one 10 hour period, within 20 yards of our home, we had a verbal assault with the threat of rape while stalking and witnessed theft from a business. Someone should cover that. Not drunk tourons who make poor decisions. I have lived here about 15 years and came from Detroit. The amount of and severity of the crime is not that comparable but the lack of community and police cooperation to help control the BS in this city is shameful.