Jeremy Jarvis, 13 (L) and his brother Denver Colorado Jarvis, 15, via Miami Herald.The victim is Michael Brewer, 15. The accused, all about the same age as Brewer, are Michael Bent, 15; Denver Colorado Jarvis, 15; his brother Jeremy Jarvis, 13; Steven Shelton, 15; and Jesus Mendez, 15.
Brewer owed Bent the money for the video game. The attempted theft of Brewer's father's bicycle was in retaliation, but failed, and both boys were absent from school. Brewer feared retaliation; Bent stayed home after his stint in juvenile detention.
The incident took place at the Lime Street Apartments at 429 SE 13th Ct. where Brewer went to see a friend. All five of the other boys were there as well, and after opportunistically grabbing a bottle of rubbing alcohol that they found along a wall, Bent gave the order: "Pour it on him. Pour it on him."
Denver Jarvis poured the alcohol on Brewer, and Mendez used a lighter to set Brewer on fire. Because of his actions in the incident, Mendez has been charged with second degree attempted murder; all 5 boys are charged with aggravated battery.
What's worse is that Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) spokesperson Sgt. Steve Feeley said that remorse was not generally felt among the 5: "A couple of them last night were laughing about it," he said Tuesday.
A still unanswered question: why do kids resort to this type of behavior? While definitely not common, it's also not rare. Why not simply go to the parents of the person you felt "offended" you?
3 comments:
What the USA really "ought" to do to these punks is get the word out that they will no longer be treated with kid gloves. That they will have the fullest extent that the law allows to be brought down upon those who do thest types of things. Just recently there was a 15 year old boy who beat the shit out of his school bus driver. All was caught on tape. Guess what happened to this punk? Not a damn thing. In the name of "he has a lot of problems". I could care less. The world is a tough place but when you have kids, this young, who have no fear that there will be consequences for their actions against others then you have anarchy and they will rule and they will win.
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They have as much as possible the law allows to be brought to those who do Thesta kinds of things. Recently, there was a boy of 15 who beat the shit of his school bus driver. All were caught on tape.
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