He is unemployed. He drinks a lot because of the divorce with his wife. He has a daughter called Suzie Grogan and lives near a river. He once worked in a factory. He helps Maggie trace two missing teenagers by being her guide, which leads them to an abandoned government test site he knew about and therefore plays a role in releasing the Piranhas by giving her free hand in emptying the pond at the test site and by stopping Hoak from acting accordingly to stop her.