How Do You Feel About This Case? What Should Happen as a Result?
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The following article was taken from CNN.com. How do you feel about this case? What should happen as a result?
Five juveniles were in custody Tuesday after a 15-year-old was intentionally set on fire at a Deerfield Beach, Florida, apartment complex, police said.
Michael Brewer suffered second-degree burns over 80 percent of his body. “He’s in for a long, long recovery,” Broward County Sherriff Al Lamberti told reporters.
Three juveniles were arrested Monday night, hours after the incident, and two others were arrested Tuesday, sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Feeley said.
“A couple of them last night were laughing about it,” he said. “One of them arrested today seems genuinely sorry about it.”
The youths all attend school together, police said, and Brewer apparently owed one of the suspects $ 40 for a video game and had not paid it. So the suspect allegedly stole the victim’s father’s bicycle, Feeley said. Brewer report the bicycle stolen Sunday, and the suspect was arrested that day, taken to a detention center and released to his parents early Monday, police said.
Neither Brewer nor the suspect went to school Monday, and the victim was waiting at the apartment complex for his friends when the suspect and two other people approached him, Feeley said.
From what the suspects and witnesses have told police, the suspect yelled, “He’s a snitch, he’s a snitch” and “pour it on him.” Another juvenile threw what police believe was rubbing alcohol on Brewer from a plastic jug and used a lighter to set him on fire, he said.
Witness Provindencia Maldenero told CNN affiliate WPLG on Monday night that her brother was in critical condition. Lamberti said Brewer is expected to be hospitalized for five months.
“In my 31 years — I always say, ‘it’s the most heinous crime I’ve ever seen,’ ” Lambertini told reporters Tuesday. “This one fits in that category. The fact that a person would intentionally ignite another child on fire — it’s indescribable.”
Brewer “reported somebody for stealing his dad’s bike,” the sheriff said. “That’s what this comes down to. It’s retaliation. They deliberately sought him out, poured alcohol on him and set him on fire. I can tell you there’s no way to explain it, no way to rationalize it.”
Police believe the three arrested Monday night took an “active role” in the incident, while the other two helped surround Brewer and prevented him from leaving, Feeley said.
He said authorities are hoping to interview Brewer on Wednesay or Thursday.
Best answer:
Answer by poohsmom
i think they should all be charged with attempted murder. it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out if you set someone on fire, there’s a good chance you could kill them. unless the juveniles were under the age of 5, they knew better. i think today’s youth has become totally desensitized to reality and i think it’s time for these particular youths to get a wake up call.
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