2nd teen sentenced in burning of Michael Brewer
Two suspects in the burning of a 15-year-old boy in 2009 learned their sentences Wednesday.
Jesus Mendez pleaded no contest to a charge of second-degree attempted murder in the October 2009 attack on Michael Brewer.
Mendez, then 16 years old, Denver Jarvis and Matthew Bent, both of whom were 15, were arrested and charged as adults with second-degree attempted murder after police said they doused Brewer, then 15, with rubbing alcohol at a Deerfield Beach apartment complex and lit him on fire.
A judge sentenced Mendez to 11 years in prison followed by one year of community control and 18 years of probation.
Jarvis also pleaded no contest Wednesday. He was sentenced to eight years in prison, one year of community control and 21 years of probation.
Bent's trial is scheduled to begin on March 12, 2012.
