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Nothing shocks me anymore:

5 Charged With Setting Teen on Fire

October 14, 2009

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 14) — Five teenagers were charged with aggravated battery Tuesday for dousing a 15-year-old with rubbing alcohol and setting him on fire after a dispute over money owed and an attempted bicycle theft, authorities said.

Michael Brewer was hospitalized with burns on more than three-quarters of his body after the attack at a Deerfield Beach, Fla., apartment complex Monday.

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that 15-year-olds Matthew Bent, Denver Jarvis, Steven Shelton and Jesus Mendez and 13-year-old Jeremy Jarvis were charged with aggravated battery. Mendez was also charged with attempted second-degree murder because authorities say he flicked the lighter.

The victim’s brother-in-law, Danny Martinez, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that Brewer is in serious condition but doing OK.

He was burned on his torso and arms, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Leljedal said. Family members said most of his hair, including his eyelashes, had also been burned off.

“In my 31 years, you always say, ‘It’s the most heinous crime I’ve seen,’” Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti told the Miami Herald. “In this case, this one fits in that category.”

Police say Brewer had borrowed $40 from Bent to buy a video game but never paid him back. When Bent tried to steal a bike belong to Brewer’s father, Brewer called police.

Brewer refused to attend classes at Deerfield Beach Middle School on Monday because of the bicycle incident Sunday, authorities said.

Instead of going to school, Brewer went to the apartment complex to visit a friend. He told deputies that while he was sitting by the swimming pool, he was splashed with a flammable liquid and set ablaze.

A neighbor heard his screams for help and put out the flames with a fire extinguisher, said Malissa Durkee, Brewer’s sister. The teen then ripped off his shirt and jumped into the pool.

Brewer is expected to remain hospitalized for five months, Martinez said.

Bent and the Jarvis brothers were in court Tuesday and were ordered held in a juvenile detention center for 21 days. The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reported that attorney Stephen Melnick said Jeremy Jarvis was “just there. He was not accused of actually doing it.” Attorneys for the other two said they were “minimally involved.”

The five were not charged as adults, but Leljedal said the sheriff’s office typically releases the names of anyone charged with a felony, regardless of age.

The Sun Sentinel said that all five boys had prior criminal records.
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All five boys had prior criminal records. It bears repeating here given the nature of this heinous crime. Now I said that nothing shocks me anymore when it comes to snowflakes, and I meant it. Now we have the #1 question at the helm here: “WHERE were the parents at the time of this crime?” No, I am not talking about the parents of the unfortunate boy, I am talking about the parents of the five criminals, if they even exist. On the surface the story sounds like another case of white trash committing a heinous crime - the authorities were good enough to release the names of these criminals. These criminals are not the precious, Christ-image deities their “parents” worship - or are they? More like the image of Satan. How cold and apathetic are the expressions on their faces?:

That’s quite an image of two of the monsters, Jeremy and Denver Jarvis. Pure evil does exist, and hopefully they will be in jail for the rest of their lives with no chance for parole at all.