Saturday, October 10, 2009

Foley crewman accused of killing boat captain from Bon Secour - al.com

Foley crewman accused of killing boat captain from Bon Secour - al.com: "A Foley man was booked on a murder charge Friday in the Wednesday morning killing of a commercial fishing captain aboard a boat off the Louisiana coast.

Thomas Judson Poole IV, 44, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Michael Holman, 53, of Bon Secour.

Holman was found dead on the Miss Sharlott, a commercial fishing vessel working roughly 18 miles off the Louisiana coast, by Coast Guard crews responding to reports of a man injured. Holman, Poole and another unidentified man had been fishing in that area several days for vermilion snapper, Holman's father said."