Posted on 02/16/2015 6:20:27 PM PST by beaversmom
After Jimmy Morris found out his daughter’s boyfriend beat her in front of her children, police say he took matters into his own hands, grabbed a baseball bat and knocked him over the head.
When police arrived at the scene, Courtney Grace pointed a finger at Morris, but a crowd surrounding the pair said Grace was the one who beat his girlfriend, who was sitting in the bed of a truck with her hands holding her swollen and bloody face, according to the police report.
Morris, 59, was released under supervision from the Palm Beach County Jail. Grace, 31, remains in jail on $15,000 bail on charges of child neglect and battery in the same incident.
On Feb. 3, Grace picked up his girlfriend and their two children from Lake Worth when he confronted her about possibly cheating on him, according to the report. As he drove, police say he hit the woman repeatedly in the face. She was able to call family and that’s when her father showed up and confronted the boyfriend on the 1500 block of 44th Street, just west of North Australian Avenue.
Morris grabbed a baseball bat from his truck and hit him over the head with it, according to the report. Police say Morris hit the 31-year-old so hard that the bat split in two. When police spoke with Grace, he was holding his head and complained of pain in his shoulder, but they did not indicate serious injures in their report.
Grace was sent to the hospital before he was arrested.
His girlfriend was also taken to the hospital for the swelling and bleeding on her face from the earlier beating, according to the report. Her condition is unknown at this time.
Morris does not appear to have a record in Palm Beach County. Grace was previously arrested for robbery in November.
There was a similar scene in the movie “Soul Men”.
Never heard of a guy named Grace.
No, ground rule double. A home run would have killed him.
Boyfriend’s mom beats man for beating her son
Man’s uncles beats woman for beating his nephew.
Woman’s cousin beats uncle for beating his cousin.
etc
At least he wasn’t a named “Sue”
Wow, he broke a bat over that guys head!!???
No further comment.
Been there, done that...news-wise that is?
“Police say Morris hit the 31-year-old so hard that the bat split in two.”
They guy is probably lucky the bat broke on the first swing.
Grace is his last name. Courtenay is his first, not much better!
Could be worse. This one shot the offending piece of garbage.
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2015/02/no_one_arrested_in_hillsdale_c.html#incart_river
I know fathers who would have just shot the guy.
I knew a guy thirty years ago whom last I heard about was in jail for life sentence for killing his daughter’s husband. The daughter’s husband was beating her regularly, and when my acquaintance found out what was happening he warned the guy if he ever found him beating the daughter again he’d kill him. The guy did, and the acquaintance did.
The guy I knew was one of the nicest guys you’d ever want to meet. NOT the type of guy you’d think would kill someone. Damned shame he ended up in such a position that he felt he had to kill the SOB for harming his daughter. I’d have found some other way to put the guy out of my daughter’s misery, but he chose to make it absolutely permanent, and is paying the price. Shame.
Never have the trademark facing the direction of the target.
Wow! Interesting, but sad story. You just never know what will make a normal person snap. It’s a shame that situation had to happen, and it brought that out.
Woman cheats, boyfriend beats... father beats... and the courts collect fines.
These people are actually DOING something to keep taxes down!
See post 13.
No charges yet and I’m betting there won’t be any.
>> Police say Morris hit the 31-year-old so hard that the bat split in two.
Why did he have to hit him in the head right off?
Couldn’t Morris have given the ‘victim’ a ‘warning tap’ first?
Or hit him in the leg, instead of the head?
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