Northwest Florida Corrections Officer Dead After Punch in Alabama
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Posted: 10:45 AM Jan 6, 2009
Northwest Florida Corrections Officer Dead After Punch in Alabama
A Florida corrections officer has died after being punched in the face at a football party at his home in southeast Alabama.
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A Florida corrections officer has died after being punched in the face at a football party at his home in southeast Alabama.

Hartford Police Chief Ben Berry said 52-year-old Timothy Fowler had held an Alabama football party on Friday and a fight broke out during a card game. Berry said Fowler apparently swung a flashlight at another man, who then punched Fowler's face in the front yard.

Fowler died early Saturday. An autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death. Berry said alcohol may have been a factor and no charges were filed. About six people attended the party in Hartford.

Officials said Fowler, who had 14 years in the Florida Department of Corrections, most recently worked as a sergeant in the Northwest Florida Reception Center in Washington County, a state processing or evaluation center.


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Posted by: life Location: florida on Nov 22, 2009 at 11:28 PM

for those that think he got what he deserves the correctional officers keep the bad guys locked up so you can be safe, or maybe you would like all the rapist and murders to be released in your neighborhood to live.
Posted by: Domino Location: Florida on Apr 28, 2009 at 04:56 PM

Most of the people that work at NWFRC desrtve what they get. You reap what you sow. Bet he punched more than one inmate.
Posted by: Violet Location: Selma on Jan 8, 2009 at 09:51 PM

Isn't this man the son of Bonard Fowler, the former state trooper who was indicted for murder in what started the Selma March?