Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Burwell in trouble again.

John Burwell got arrested again. The Ridgeland Police Department arrested the Harborwalk developer on September 6, 2011 for conspiracy to commit trespass and accessory before the fact. Apparently a gentleman rented a slip in Main Harbor for his houseboat. He came to his houseboat one day and was surprised to see a man living in his houseboat. He called the police and eventually it was discovered Mr. Burwell was allegedly charging the man a small amount of money per week to stay there. Needless to say the houseboat owner was none too happy at becoming a communist so he called the police and filed charges. Mr. Burwell's court date is October 11, 2011.
The report below was obtained through a public records request.




63 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good grief... He is like a Iraqi missile... You know.... A SCUD...!!! The reservoir will NEVER BUILD with him in charge....LOSER..!!!

Anonymous said...

Between Soto and Burwell you'd think that voters in Ridgeland would start asking some hard questions regarding City leadership.

Anonymous said...

If I had a boat out there I'd be checking for unexpected tenants right quick!

Anonymous said...

That is not a good photo

Anonymous said...

WHAT THE ???????? Who rents out someone elses house (boat or otherwise) for another someone else to live there? WHAT????? Ok, the answer is Mr. Burwell. Like they say, you can't fix stupid.

Anonymous said...

Peeps need to READ their slip rental agreements. It might have permission to do that in the fine print.

Anonymous said...

To think that all those orgies I went to could have been on some complete stranger's houseboat! Makes me feel icky all of a sudden.

Anonymous said...

To think that all those orgies I went to could have been on some complete stranger's houseboat! Makes me feel icky all of a sudden.

Did this involve a pineapple?

Anonymous said...

how sad...Burwell at one time was a multi-MILLIONAIRE flying high...now, a broken down old drunk scrapping for quarters like the rest of us....I be Homer Cummings is spinning in his grave....

Shadowfax said...

4:15, I'm sure if you could retract that post, you would. Are you really thin-brained enough to suppose that a slip-rental agreement might allow the lessor access and privelege to the lesees private, locked and baricaded property?

This man is a trainwreck waiting to happen, or one that's already happened, depending on your viewpoint.

I fished around some of the slips two weeks ago and gave him the finger. I don't think he could focus though. He appeared buzzed.

Anonymous said...

This is so crazy that it almost sounds like fiction.

Anonymous said...

Yes, he was a millionaire at one time, by obtaining other peoples money ( by questionable dealings ).
It was a few years ago, when it was announced that Harbour Walk would be built, I remember Mr. Burwell was arrested for D.U.I. by the Ridgeland Police Department.
Well, all of the sudden the case went away, without a trace.
So do we still need to discuss the fairness and integrity of what happens in the City of Ridgeland ?
If the Feds or Attorney General ever got news of this, then the public would see what really goes on here.

Anonymous said...

I don't know why this is a shock to y'all. He does, after all, own the water.

And if you believe that....

Shadowfax said...

5:31; are you really so deluded that you suppose 'the Feds or Attorney General' would give a tinker's damn about this modern day W.C.Fields' circling of the toilet bowl?

Reed said...

This is outrageous. Burwell was renting someone else's property and collecting rent, so he was collecting boat slip rent from the owner and squatter's rent from the guy on the boat.

I'm no attorney, but this has GOT to be illegal, and not just in a slap-on-the-wrist/don't-do-that-again way. Burwell should be stripped of his leaseholder rights and precluded from having any interest in future PRVWSD development.

Hell, they should evict him from his fancy Overlook Pointe digs (leasehold land!) and rent it out to the poor sucker he had on the guy's boat, giving the rent to the boat owner.

Anonymous said...

It kinda reminds me of the bedtime story ( golden-locks and the 3 bears ) that grandma would read to me when I was a child.
The poor boat owner comes back to his boat to find a vagrant living there and then finds all his food and wine have been consumed.
It is funy in a way, but I would have found Burwell and gave his a good old fashioned ass beating had this been my boat.

Anonymous said...

I was talking about the feds finding out about the corrupt people who made sure that this case was burried.

Anonymous said...

" Welcome to the Hotel Valencia,
Such a lovely place, such a lovely place.

You can check out any time you want,
but you can never leave ....... "

.... unless Burwell sub leases the room by the hour
while the guest is out .

Anonymous said...

5:31 The Executive Branch of the Federal Government work for the president and report to his political appointees. The federal employees working under political appointees will get smashed (discredited and black-balled) if they say or do anything publicly. Been there, done that. No attorney in MS wants to take on a case against the Federal Government because the attorneys are politically tied and have much monetary investment in politics and judges as well.

Anonymous said...

8:43
what are you on?

Anonymous said...

I agree 9:20. This is about the crook Burwell. Not the executive branch of the federal government and the president.
And who the hell in this post has mentioned taking on the federal government ?
8:43 , you sound as if you are a lawyer on the crack-rock, or the acid that you are taking has fried your brain. Get some help man.

Anonymous said...

5:31 - Tal, go to sleep man!!

TP said...

Duh du duhhh...duh duh duh da duh....Dana Kelly to the rescue! As soon as I polish off this vodka and cranberry...

Shadowfax said...

Don't we have a film commission in MS now and lots of people scurrying about claiming our ability to seize movie-making opportunities? Don't let Canton get this one! Let's see some big lights, star-trailers and food trucks at the Rez!!! Gene McGee gets first dibs on a bit part. If Otis Campbell is still living he'll play Burwell.

Anonymous said...

This sounds more like senile dementia that drunkeness.
I doubt someone would rent from a person who seemed intoxicated.

Shadowfax said...

7:10, when the lessor has the only game in town, you do whatcha gotta do. As they almost ask in the Roto Rooter commercial..."Who else you gonna rent from?"

The man owns the slips and the water and the approach to the water and the air for sixteen feet above the water all the way over to the fire station.

Anonymous said...

HE MUST BE FORM JACKSON.....LMAO

Anonymous said...

Burwell please explain the reason behind all of this.

Shadowfax said...

If Burwell's not in jail or passed out, he's reading this thread. The last time he was discussed he did bust up in the conversation to claim he owned the water.

Burwell! BURWELL! Can you hear me now?

Anonymous said...

Good Lord is Overlook Pointe just full of criminals? Frazier, Burwell no telling who else.

Anonymous said...

He sure is a looker! ha ha

Anonymous said...

Would this squatter be the same one that was living in his car and testified on behalf of Burwell?

Anonymous said...

Or the MF that was living on my boat that they arrested at pelican cove. They called him one eyed Paul.

Anonymous said...

Well - to the lasr two posts- get off your lazy asses and compare the names - three different people - it occurs to me the pissed off ex-dockrockers seem to miss the point that the judges get to the truth in these cases - let's see the outcome not the allegations

Anonymous said...

Orgies, booze, DUIs, threatened ass whuppin', lawsuits galore and one-eyed Paul. I thought tearing down the Dock was going to fix all this.

Kingfish said...

You know what is the best thing about chaos? Its fair.

Anonymous said...

Rode by this area this morning and there were five buzzards circling in formation. There seemed, though, to be a place for one more. Sort of like 'the missing man formation'. Maybe Burwell is the sixth buzzard.

Shadowfax said...

Well, I was told on the telephone by the man who identified himself as The Reservoir Manager (PRVWSD phone number) that Burwell does indeed own the water around the boat slips and can restrict access and fishing in those areas as well. He said "This is our attorney's opinion given to us."

So, it appears Burwell is not the only uninformed asshole in this scenario.

(And, 11:14, this is not an allegation. It's a fact.)

MEOPLE said...

JUST TO SAVE YOU TIME LOOKING THIS SHIT UP:

meople said...
hey shadowfax do you have any proof that property rights do not extend into a body of water. i have several surveys from lakefront property and riverfront property that i own that would enlighten my incorrect facts. FYI: you are a turd.


Shadowfax said...
nonymous July 28 @12:45. The only proof I have is a written confirmation notice dated last week from the State Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks. Who provided information for you that contradicts that authority? I'm left wondering if maybe Tim Johnson's personal engineer did your survey? I will see if I can find the memo referenced in this post and add it below. Hold on, Genius.

Shadowfax said...Here Tiz. Good luck with your hollow claim that you own the water beyond your land.

Anonymous said...

"water around boat slips" meaning the whole harbor right?

KaptKangaroo said...

If I remember correctly, I didn't "own" the land 15-25 feet into the water, it was a part of my "leasehold" - meaning I could erect a dock within that limit.

Not sure if Burwell is confusing his right to develop within that distance with owning the entire harbor, but as I understood it, "the easement right to develop on the water" would cease.

Anonymous said...

Leasehold is as close to owning as it gets, has anyone (residents ever had land taken away from them) ?

Shadowfax said...

Meople-puss @ 2:49; what's your point? What I stated in the above post is a fact and what you pasted from my earlier post is a fact. The two are in conflict. Obviously the State has no authority over the waters surrounding 'Burwell's Slips', so their opinion is generic applying, in their opinion to all waters within the state. I doubt seriously that the 'manager's' opinion is worth a shit.

Rather than throwing up an old post, how about posting your personal leaned opinion if you're able to form one.

KaptKangaroo said...

Leasehold is as close to owning as it gets, has anyone (residents ever had land taken away from them) ?

Close is not good enough. Face it, Burwell does not own the water, he has an easement to develop personal use up to a certain limit.

I'm not getting into an argument about the government taking land. It has nothing to do with this discussion.

Anonymous said...

Two points...

As long as he's down there, he has to pay a huge rent every year. That's good.

He will never get his project off the ground and that's good. We don't need any more traffic down there. Just let it stay unused.

Anonymous said...

Nobody ever owns the land "under water" ... it is always owned by Pearl River Valley.

Shadowfax said...

The PRVWSD is not unlike the Choctaw Nation.

Anonymous said...

7:05, I'm starting to agree with you.

MEOPLE said...

let me state it like this if my survey says i have land 25 feet from the existing sea wall (into a body of water) i can tear down existing seawall extend it 25 feet, build a new seawall and fill in with dirt. the water is what has everyone not knowing what the law is? there doesnt seem to be any certainty of the law by anyone so hopefully someone will have a case soon on this subject so we can have precedent. the land i understand the water between the land and air is iffy???

Shadowfax said...

There is a variety of legal theories on who owns land under a body of water; however, in Mississippi, as previously shown, if one can access the body of water from their own property or property they have permission to use or a public ramp or through lease or otherwise while not trespassing, one has every right to use that body of water for such activities as are allowed on it.

Some legal experts say, for example, that if the lake were to dry up, the landowner would own the land to the middle of the lake. They may own the land twenty or forty feet below the water but they do not own the water. Of course the land in question is not owned, ever, by the homeowner.

Likewise, if you can access the water leading to and surrounding Burwell's rental slips (which you can by going through the main body of the Rez and behind the condos), you can fish it. At least that's my opinion and I'd love for Burwell to challenge it.

There seems to be no boundary to this man's arrogance and chutzpah.

Anonymous said...

MEOPLE - so, if you extend the land by 25 feet by filling in up to the 25 foot mark, so you then own 25 feet from the new edge of the land? It sounds like you could keep going until you collide with a neighbor opposite you on the same body of water who is doing the same thing ;-)

MEOPLE said...

no there is a distinct border under the water it does not keep extending out. (i actually did this at lake caroline)

MEOPLE said...

i dont think there is question of who owns the land. The question is who owns the water. MY OPINION - the water is owned by a management company or the whole body of water is owned by a land owner (ponds or small lakes). my examples dont always include the resevoir but i do not think that these laws are obsolete there. your property line under the water is just as clear as the property line on land. another example ive owned land on a meandering river this river over the years moved and i ended up with land on the other side of the river that used to be the river was my property line.

Anonymous said...

Shadowfax - wow has this morphed over a few days - All this conjecture about who, what and where - Bottom line is Main Harbor "leases" all of the land around the Harbor. Fact. Main Harbor "leases" all of the Harbor for $55,000 per year. It is my understanding they can add or subtract piers (as they have obviously done over time) under their lease - So what is the question about how far rights extend? I don't get it.

MEOPLE said...

do i need to get the crayons and construction paper out and draw stick figure diagrams...

Anonymous said...

WILL YOU 2 PLEASE STFU?

Anonymous said...

THANK YOU.

Anonymous said...

Meople, try getting a permit to tear down a sea wall and place fill in a publicly owned body of water. Let us know how that turns out.

I would be interested to read your boundary survey in which you now own property on the other side of a stream/river. Riparian Rights normally dictate that the property line extends to the center of the streambed for non-navigable waters, and to the low water mark for navigable waters. In most cases the property boundary next to a stream/river is not finite, and it is subject to change with the fluctuation of the stream. You may think you own land on the other side, but you may be surprised when you read the survey.

If you alter a stream and cause damage to other property owners, you will be liable for the damages.

Privately owned lakes and ponds developed within private property have rules different from publicly owned lakes--like the Rez.

Anonymous said...

1:04 - i'd be glad to meet with survey and explain and since you can't understand the words that are coming out of my mouth ill bring my six year old as a translater...

Anonymous said...

I understand the words you wrote. I am capable of reading and comprehending fact and fiction. Honestly, I have a difficult time believing what you said, so I am interested in the survey. I've been wrong before, and I welcome the opportunity to learn. Bring on the six year old prodigy to teach this old civil engineer a thing or two.

Anonymous said...

Maybe Burwell and TCI would make good partners. Would be interesting.

Anonymous said...

Well SHIT i guess i need to go check on my boat. No wonder Burwell's drunk ass want do anything about all the break ins.

Anonymous said...

Wonder if his only investor out of Texas is reading all of this?


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