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This world has some seriously fucked up people
What a fucking loser of a human being.
Teen Gets 8 Years For Cane Attack and Setting Disabled Man's Beard On Fire
PANAMA CITY -- An 18-year-old former high school football player has been sentenced to eight years in prison for beating a disabled man with the victim's titanium cane and setting his beard on fire on a Florida Panhandle roadside.
Zachery Lyons blamed drugs and alcohol, apologized to the victim and admitted his guilt while friends and family said the attack was out of character, but that did nothing to dissuade Circuit Judge Don T. Sirmons from putting him behind bars Monday.
The teen from nearby Southport pleaded guilty to aggravated abuse of a disabled person. He could have received up to 15 years.
Lyons told Sirmons that he attacked Matt Anderson, 44, in December only because he was under the influence of Xanax, a prescription drug for anxiety, and alcohol.
``It's not something I would do,'' he said. ``I had no control of myself that night.'' Lynn Haven police said witnesses at a restaurant told them Lyons had been angry with Anderson, unable to speak or walk normally because of brain surgery, because he had looked at his girlfriend.
All three left together in a car before Anderson was beaten. Lyons broke both of his arms and several ribs and tortured him by lighting his beard on fire, said Assistant State Attorney Ashley Adams. She said Lyons had a prior arrest for battery and resisting an officer without violence.
The teen attended Rutherford High School in Springfield, starting for its state-ranked team during his senior year after transferring from Mosley High School in Lynn Haven. Sirmons told Lyons he needed to take responsibility for his actions.
``It's too late to say you're sorry,'' he said.
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