Norris Gaynor, 45, who had been sleeping on a park bench, died. Jacques Pierre, 60, and Raymond Perez, 52, were hospitalized. Pierre's beating was captured on surveillance tape, and shown at the trial.
2 Plantation men found guilty in Lauderdale homeless beating case
By Tonya Alanez Sun-Sentinel.com
1:00 PM EDT, September 19, 2008
Two Plantation men accused of fatally beating a homeless man with a baseball bat and injuring two others were found guilty this morning of second-degree murder.
Thomas Daugherty, 19, and Brian Hooks, 21, were also convicted of two counts of attempted second-degree murder in the Jan. 12, 2006, spate of attacks on homeless men in Fort Lauderdale.
The men face possible life prison terms when they're sentenced Oct. 22-23.
Prosecutors had sought first-degree murder convictions for both defendants.
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