Posted on 01/15/2006 4:22:38 PM PST by paulat
Fla. Teens Surrender in Homeless Beatings
By DENISE KALETTE, Associated Press Writer 3 minutes ago
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Two South Florida teens suspected in the beatings of three homeless men turned themselves in to police Sunday, authorities said.
Family attorneys negotiated the surrender of Brian Hooks, 18, and Thomas S. Daugherty, 17.
They will face murder charges in the death of Norris Gaynor and aggravated battery charges in the videotaped beating of Jacques Pierre, said Capt. Michael Gregory of the Fort Lauderdale police.
They also are suspects in the beating of a third man, Raymond Perez, 49, whose case remains under investigation, Gregory said.
The teens were in police custody pending official charges from a grand jury, Gregory said. Police also were investigating whether the two may have been involved in other beatings and if they had accomplices.
"We do know there have been other assaults of homeless in Fort Lauderdale," Gregory said.
Pierre, 58, was beaten on the Fort Lauderdale campus of Florida Atlantic University. Gaynor, 45, was killed a few blocks away, and Perez, 49, was beaten in a Church-by-the-Sea garden.
It was not immediately clear if Perez and Pierre remained hospitalized Sunday.
"I will be interested to see what their dads do for a living...just curious."
I would bet their dads have not been a big part of their lives.
The 18 year old will probably be looking at the death penalty and possibly the 17 year old. Florida is not hesitant about going for it. I personally feel they should, these two were cold and calculated and knew what they were doing.
i agree.put them to death.plain and simple.too bad Florida doesn't have a beating as their capital punishment
Yeah, he reminds you of Vandersloot in the Aruba fracas.
All that could be true...or these two could just be psychopaths. Either way, they'll be locked up for life, if they don't get the death penalty.
b/c he could
b/c he knew his political party would cover for him...
I agree with you
But I also believe that just because you are born with a propensity for violence that you will be violent.
I believe that a nurturing family that disciplines a child that displays violence and cruelty and rewards kindness can prevent that propensity for violence from being developed.
The violent video games, death metal music and gangster rap I believe simply reinforce the violent behavior by normalizing the feelings they have for anger, hatred and cruelty.
Yeah...you're probably right. It will be interesting to follow this one.
;Family attorneys negotiated the surrender
Whats to negotiate they'd alredy been identified. Either come in our we're coming to get you.
Here's hoping the minor is charged as an adult.
They should be punished like an Iranian woman who kills a man who rapes her.
The prison population has also increased for that period.
How long before Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and the NAACP show up and blames Jeb Bush, George Bush and Republicans in general for this.
This whole act is sick - but not the first time I've heard of teen boys doing similar things.
These boys are probably lucky that they were caught.
You are COMPLETELY disgusting!!
like i said,the video games,music,etc. has nothing to do with it. but i will agree on the nurturing.good point.if a parent sees something wrong,they should take action and try to curb it as best as they can.but ,you can't be with them 24/7.right?
I was thinking Turkish.
You're right, that was tasteless. What I meant to say was they should be punished like Tibetan Christians distributing Bibles.
Please...go away.
If you have a problem child you better know where he is and what he is doing 24/7.
I had a classmate in High School whose parents had him arrested as an unruly child because they could not control him and worried what he might do.
Maybe the parents of these young thugs should have done likewise.
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