WATERVILLE — A teenager charged as an adult in the videotaped beating of a Bridgeport man was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison under a plea agreement.
Douglas County Superior Court Judge John Hotchkiss sentenced 17-year-old Reyes V. Montes of Bridgeport to seven years and nine months in prison for first-degree assault, plus five years because a firearm was used in the crime. The sentences are to be served consecutively.
Montes was one of three teens charged in the Oct. 9 attack on a 21-year-old man. The teens were in a truck when they encountered the man walking along a highway south of Bridgeport.
Once they knocked him to the ground, the teens used a videocamera to film themselves kicking the man and beating him with the butt of a shotgun while he begged for his life, according to deputies’ reports.
After they left, the victim walked to a nearby house and called for help. He was treated for a 3-inch head laceration and other injuries.
Under Montes’ plea deal, prosecutors dismissed charges of first-degree attempted robbery, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and drive-by shooting.
Two other Bridgeport teens — one 16, one 17 — have pleaded innocent in the attack and are scheduled for trial Jan. 8.
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