Pensacola Beach Hate Crime

Escambia County Assault  An assault that left a Mobile man beaten and bloodied is being called a hate crime.
by Debbie Williams
Published: Fri, September 05, 2008 - 5:07 pm CST Last Updated: Sun, September 07, 2008 - 2:08 pm CST
They are calling it a hate crime. David Couling of Mobile was almost beaten to death last weekend and now police say they know who did it and why.
.At the end of the beach road in Pensacola Beach, a remote area where Escambia County Lt. Gary Montee says a horrific crime took place. "We found a man covered in blood. We found a cell phone by the van in the parking lot and we had blood on the van large crime scene area on the beach lot of blood."
It happened early Saturday morning near Park East. But Couling wasn't discovered until later in the day beaten, bloody and unconscious.
Investigators say they believe Robert Andrew Logan of Gulf Breeze is responsible. "It wasn't a robbery," says Montee, "his wallet was found in the vehicle. There was no motive to it other than a possible hate crime."
For folks who like to get away from the hustle and bustle of the main beach, Park East is perfect. "We've never seen anything out of the ordinary," says Wesley Rogers as he relaxes on the sand. News of the assault is surprising. "It's scary really, you don't think something like that would happen here. There are a bunch of families out here, kids everywhere."
The search is on for Logan. Once arrested he will be charged with aggravated battery and a hate crime.
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Pcola playboi and Chelsealogan if you really care about Andrew and if he did this, see that he gets help Quick. He didn’t just hit this person, he kept hitting him, over and over again until he’s on the very verge of death. This is uncontrolled rage and makes who ever did this a loose cannon with a very short fuse and very likely to go off again on someone else. If he did this don’t condone it or make excuses for him, see that he gets help before he’s past saving if you really care for him and would like to see him survive this.

wow, did you really just insult me with my grammar on the internet? i’m not enlgish class i’m not trying to make my grammar perfect…some insult. grow up, i’m pretty sure the last time i made fun of someones grammar was in like, 6th grade. anyways, don’t care what any of you people think anymore, agree with jp, rumors, rumors and more rumors, andrew’s a great kid, and uhhhh FREE DREW! i lova my big broda! oh wait, is that incorrect grammar?!?!?

PensacolaPlayBoi, i would like to hear more about this story. if your friend was assaulted first. what really happened.

You’re immature.  This is not about us or the name I post with.  This is about the Logan family and there best interest. Everyone has a right to be innocent until proven guilty.  And no one knows what has happened besides these crap stories we’re hearing.  Rumor is this worst thing in this area, and it makes little things sound way worse then they really are.  Andrew is a good kid.  I’ll say that until the day this is over with.

I’m entitled to my opinion and here goes.  Pensacolaplayboi doesn’t sound like a straight name to be posting “quit bugging my boy’s little sister” and saying “he ain’t gay and doesn’t judge people by race or sexual orientation”. On the other hand, BOI says “the (gay guy) tried to take advantage of his “friend” when he needed help”. Sounds like he beat the crap out of the (gay guy)because he was gay and came on to him. If he was gay he would have liked it, but since he didn’t it sounds like “hate” to me and so you put that with a crime (beating someone up) and you have HATE CRIME. Why should we get back to our “regular lives” when you keep posting too. Is this your regular life? If you do the crime, you have to listen to our time on the WKRG post.  This is America.  Turn your computer off and you will not see what people are posting.

Was Andrew trying to get some cash out of the guy?  How did the two of them end up alone on that stretch of beach?

look, what chelsea is trying to say here is that my boy andrew is not gay, nor does he judge people by race or sexual orientation.  The fact is this dude (the gay guy) tried to take advantage of my friend (andrew) when my friend needed some help.  Andrew might have gone a little overboard with his reaction, but from what I KNOW, the dude did DESERVE a hit or two.  So why don’t all you people quit buggin on my boy’s little sister and get back to your regular lives.  Andrew is a good kid, and doesn’t deserve all this drama.  This whole event was pushed over board by the media and by the people posting here.  But I do know one thing… FREE ANDREW!!!

Chelsea first of all go back to grammar class and learn about double negatives in a sentence, second of all, you can’t blame what someone does on their past and what has happened to them in their life, my 2 brothers and I have been through HELL and back and the 3 of us are somewhat OK, but we do not go and beat the crap out of someone and blame it on our past, if something horrible happened to your brother during his life, then that is what they have therapy for, i’ve been to therapy for things that have happened to me, but that’s the thing that bothers me the most is when people try to put the blame on their past. this is something horrible that happened and he has to live the rest of his life knowing what he did.

You sure are going off the deep end over the comments on this website.  Most have only asked what the rest of the story is and why it was classified a hate crime.
. “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”

i just wish people wouldn’t be so inconsiderate and mean and judge him, you don’t know andrew, you don’t know what all he’s been through in his life, you don’t know what REALLY happened, you don’t know HIM and me knowing everything and more about him and what happened makes me cry when i read the hatred people have towards him, the things some people say on here. really if you only knew. but i can’t sit here and type up a lifes story or that nights story or try to define andrew in a nut shell, i’m just hopeing people won’t take everything they hear seriously. there are TWO sides to every story, and what the news has informed you with doesn’t have two sides. what they have is only what they THINK, and what they saw of the sick man, (sick as in what HE did before my brothers reaction). just don’t believe everything you hear just because it came from the news, there’s way more to it.

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