Former Florida State mascot Chief Osceola

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A man who formerly portrayed Florida State mascot Chief Osceola was stabbed and killed last week in Panama City Beach, Fla., after an argument over a gumbo recipe, WTLX-TV in Tallahassee reported.

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Caleb Joshua Halley (Getty Images)

Caleb Joshua Halley, who served as Chief Osceola from 2004-07 and graduated from the university in 2009, was allegedly stabbed last Tuesday by coworker Orlando Thompson at a restaurant where the two worked. The incident occurred after an apparent altercation over the amount of spice to put into some gumbo at Buddy's Seafood Market.

According to police, Thompson pulled out a wooden board while Halley grabbed a small pocket knife. Thompson then walked away and brought back a 15-inch knife. He allegedly swung the knife at Halley, causing three lacerations across his torso.

Halley, 34, died two days later, on Thursday, from the injuries. Thompson, 26, was arrested by Panama City Beach Police and charged with manslaughter.
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ZimmerNole

I do love me some Gumbo, but **** is wrong with people?

I actually met him a few times, he was chief during my Freshman & Sophmore football seasons. A friend of mine was dating a cheerleader, and Caleb would come hang out/pregame/party at their house. For what it's worth, he was a hell'uva beer pong player.

RIP. :angel

BayGator

RIP :angel

Curious as to why he was only a spice boy with that degree from FSU??

nole76

BayGator wrote: »

RIP :angel

Curious as to why he was only a spice boy with that degree from FSU??

Unbelievable. May he rest in peace.

dolfanjoey

When I was at FSU, it was Allen Durham. He was in my insurance classes. His family started the tradition.

KeysNole

How is it that you leave a situation to get a different weapon and are only charged with manslaughter?

Buckeye

KeysNole wrote: »

How is it that you leave a situation to get a different weapon and are only charged with manslaughter?

Kind of sounds like self defense to me.

Guy pulls a knife.

Guy pulls a bigger knife.

Small knife guy gets cut up by big knife guy.

Replace big knife guy with big gun guy and it's a classic self defense case.

"Innocent until proven guilty" I say. "The truth will come out". "Lets wait for the investigation". "IF".

nole76

From what I read, the guy left the area, and then returned with a bigger knife.

tunaman

it ain't self defense if he left, removing all danger, and RETURNED with a bigger knife.

KeysNole

http://chipleybugle.com/2015/06/27/halley-obit/

Seems like he would have fit in pretty well on this forum.

Billy No Mates

They both need to be out of the gene pool.

Buckeye

nole76 wrote: »

From what I read, the guy left the area, and then returned with a bigger knife.

They were arguing over spices for gumbo, meaning it is likely they were in a kitchen.

You are acting like big knife guy went to Walmart and bought a big knife and came back. More likely, small knife guy pulls out small knife, big knife guy walks to other side of the kitchen counter and grabs a big knife.

HomerSimpson

Buckeye

tunaman wrote: »

it ain't self defense if he left, removing all danger, and RETURNED with a bigger knife.

Where did he leave to?

"Left the area". What the hell does that mean?

If they were in the kitchen, where did big knife guy get his piece? The dining area? So small knife guy pulls a knife smaller than what is in the dining area?

Where I come from we'd call what small knife guy done felonious assault.

I thought Noles had more compassion and would have patience to wait for the investigation to finish, not immediately condemn a man who may have been justly defending himself by calling for tougher charges.

ZimmerNole

We can argue about this all we want, either way a man is dead.

Remove the fact that he went to FSU and was the mascot, we're not even dicussing it on this forum.

Oh, and for the guy taking a jab at the "FSU degree" do you have any idea what it's like trying to get a job these days with just a bachelors? Granted, if you have a foot in the door, you're okay. If you're good at sales, and want to go into sales you can always find a job. However, these days a basic bachelors degree isn't worth diddley squat in the job market. More 22-28 year olds are in post secondary/graduate programs than in US history....why?

Don't be such a baffoon.

BayGator

Too easy!

Baffoon out!

Buckeye

ZimmerNole wrote: »

We can argue about this all we want, either way a man is dead.

Remove the fact that he went to FSU and was the mascot, we're not even dicussing it on this forum.

Simply trying to understand the logic.

Girl blacks out says she was **** = "Innocent until proven guilty!"

Guy beats up girlfriend = "Wait for investigation!!"

Guy punches girl at bar = "IF"

Mascot pulls small knife on a guy who pulls bigger knife = "Should be premeditated murder!!"

:shrug

HomerSimpson

ZimmerNole wrote: »

Oh, and for the guy taking a jab at the "FSU degree" do you have any idea what it's like trying to get a job these days with just a bachelors? Granted, if you have a foot in the door, you're okay. If you're good at sales, and want to go into sales you can always find a job. However, these days a basic bachelors degree isn't worth diddley squat in the job market. More 22-28 year olds are in post secondary/graduate programs than in US history....why?

Don't be such a baffoon.

actually, your generalization is buffoonish. you can do a tremendous amount with a bachelors. You can also get bachelors that are worthless which is one reason I'm against the "free college tuition" push, but that's another discussion.

JKP

Good to see someone taking gumbo seriously.

Billy No Mates

JKP wrote: »

Good to see someone taking gumbo seriously.

:rotflmao

No doubt about that!.
I wonder when the guns come out....Jambalaya?

nuevowavo

Billy No Mates wrote: »

I wonder when the guns come out....Jambalaya?

Crab legs.

Bad behavior

ZimmerNole wrote: »

We can argue about this all we want, either way a man is dead.

Remove the fact that he went to FSU and was the mascot, we're not even dicussing it on this forum.

Oh, and for the guy taking a jab at the "FSU degree" do you have any idea what it's like trying to get a job these days with just a bachelors? Granted, if you have a foot in the door, you're okay. If you're good at sales, and want to go into sales you can always find a job. However, these days a basic bachelors degree isn't worth diddley squat in the job market. More 22-28 year olds are in post secondary/graduate programs than in US history....why?

Don't be such a baffoon.

Or...... One can take their batchelors degree and start a business.. The wealthiest are self employed!

SAENole

Bad behavior wrote: »

batchelors degree

Hmmm.......

on_the_rocks

Buckeye wrote: »

Simply trying to understand the logic.

Girl blacks out says she was **** = "Innocent until proven guilty!"

Guy beats up girlfriend = "Wait for investigation!!"

Guy punches girl at bar = "IF"

Mascot pulls small knife on a guy who pulls bigger knife = "Should be premeditated murder!!"

:shrug

FTW
Poor zimm.

Captjohn5150

It's a Ba or BS degree from FLOWDUH state....yes it's hard to get a job with that toilet paper printed clown degree...would you expect it any different....he went to clown school for a few years to party and play token Indian to find himself...ok I get it, lowered intellect, lowered expections....so he takes his toilet paper degree and gets a job at a restraunt....probley started off by washing dishes next to a non degreed person who doesn't have a massive student loan...worked his way up to lemon wedge person, heck maybe even ice cube person...soon after that he was doing trash and busing tables, he just worked his way up the ladder.....and finally made it to kitchen help....his years at FLOWDUH state paid off....and he of course gets into a knife fight and dies.....sucks, but at least he doesn't have to pay back his student loan....

SAENole

Captjohn5150 wrote: »

It's a Ba or BS degree from FLOWDUH state....yes it's hard to get a job with that toilet paper printed clown degree...would you expect it any different....he went to clown school for a few years to party and play token Indian to find himself...ok I get it, lowered intellect, lowered expections....so he takes his toilet paper degree and gets a job at a restraunt....probley started off by washing dishes next to a non degreed person who doesn't have a massive student loan...worked his way up to lemon wedge person, heck maybe even ice cube person...soon after that he was doing trash and busing tables, he just worked his way up the ladder.....and finally made it to kitchen help....his years at FLOWDUH state paid off....and he of course gets into a knife fight and dies.....sucks, but at least he doesn't have to pay back his student loan....

Are you a real captain?

ZimmerNole

Buckeye wrote: »

Simply trying to understand the logic.

Girl blacks out says she was **** = "Innocent until proven guilty!"

Guy beats up girlfriend = "Wait for investigation!!"

Guy punches girl at bar = "IF"

Mascot pulls small knife on a guy who pulls bigger knife = "Should be premeditated murder!!"

:shrug

1. Her story changed 3 times the night of the incident alone. The entire thing was so SNAFU'd from the get-go, it ALSO came out and came to light WAAAAAAY after the indicent occured. Allowed for extra speculation and questions. Also, was proven innocent.

2. What happened with the Karlos Williams case? Last I saw he is on the bills in an NFL league that takes DV VERY VERY SERIOUSLY these days. Look at how many kids didn't get drafted or dropped 4-5 rounds just because of a mere fear/thought that they have DV issues. Innocent.

3. Instant story, instant police report. When i read the police report I said get rid of him. When i saw the video, it was GOODBYE! I said, if true the guy has to go. I said the same thing about Jameis, go back to the threads. If it was proven to be true, his nuts deserve to be cut off.

4. Please, show me where I said anything about 1st degree murder.

on_the_rocks wrote: »

FTW
Poor zimm.

He is so off base it's not even funny. If I had the time, I'd pull some quotes from old threads.

But go ahead, this is the easy narrative to run with in FS sports.

ZimmerNole

SAENole wrote: »

Are you a real captain?

Look up 95% of his posts not in sports. Informative, well written and generally a very positive addition to the forum at large. When he posts in sports he plays a part, it's all a facade. I wish he would have the same attitude here, as he is actually an incredibly intelligent and helpful individual.

SAENole

The signature is extra special and really says a lot.

Buckeye

ZimmerNole wrote: »

I said the same thing about Jameis, go back to the threads. If it was proven to be true, his nuts deserve to be cut off.

Funny that the Winston video suddenly vanished with out a trace. I suppose we know why now.

Buckeye

ZimmerNole wrote: »

He is so off base it's not even funny. If I had the time, I'd pull some quotes from old threads.

But go ahead, this is the easy narrative to run with in FS sports.

PLEASE PULL QUOTES, PLEASE.