Ft lauderdale teen burned rubbing alcohol

Brewer was released from the hospital on Thursday after experiencing breathing problems over the holidays.

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Brewer told investigators he took off his shirt, hopped over a fence and jumped into a nearby pool at the apartment complex. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS/AP) Michael Brewer, the Deerfield Beach teen who was doused with rubbing alcohol and set on fire by bullies last year, told investigators he knew he was in danger.

Prosecutors have charged Denver Colorado Jarvis, Jesus Mendez and Matthew Bent as adults with second-degree attempted murder in connection to the attack. Brewer said Bent was angry at him because he wouldn't buy an item from Bent that he suspected was stolen.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (CBS/AP) Six weeks after a group of Florida teens doused year-old Michael Brewer in rubbing alcohol and lit him on fire, burning over 65 percent of his body, one of the.

Boy burned by teens

Authorities say Bent ordered the attack on Brewer because he had a grudge against him. With burns covering about 65 percent of his body, Brewer still faces a long recovery. No. A 9-year-old girl in Fort Lauderdale accidentally lit herself on fire from the waist down Thursday night after playing with a lighter and alcohol.

Brewer said Bent, 15, had threatened him, his sister and his friends a day earlier.

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Brewer told investigators he couldn't remember what the item was. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Michael Brewer, the Florida teen doused with rubbing alcohol by his friends and set on fire in October, will get his Christmas wish: He’ll spend the holiday with his.

FORT LAUDERDALE, LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Matthew Bent never poured flammable rubbing alcohol on a middle-school classmate, and he didn’t flick the lighter that set the teenager ablaze. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A 9-year-old Florida girl suffered second-degree burns while playing with a cigarette lighter and a bottle of rubbing alcohol in the bathroom of her family's home.

Brewer said Bent approached him on a bicycle the day of the attack and told him, "Nobody's going to hit you. Then I started running and I jumped into the pool. Brewer, while recovering at a Miami hospital, spent a half-hour with investigators on Nov.

Brewer told authorities one of his teen attackers had threatened him previously. Rescuers eventually responded to the scene, and Brewer was transported to the hospital by helicopter.

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Chrome Safari Continue. The girl is being treated at Jackson Memorial. Although he had expected some kind of attack on Oct. There was "cold stuff all over my clothes, and all of a sudden there was burning," Brewer said. He had previously been released a few days before Christmas.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A 9-year-old Florida girl suffered second-degree burns while playing with a cigarette lighter and a bottle of rubbing alcohol in the bathroom of her family’s home. The Broward County State Attorney's Office released more than pages of documents, several witnesses' interviews and an audio recording of Brewer's sworn statement.

Photo: Matthew Bent leftDenver Jarvis center and Jesus Mendez right have all been charged with attempted second degree murder.