After now 21-year-old, Billy Ammons helped his friends beat up three homeless men back in 2006 on the street, he quickly grabbed a paintball gun ready for round two and three to prove to his friends that “he was not a wuss.” Him and two of his other “cool” friends face the possibility of life in prison if convicted for the ruthless attacks.
Ammons’ two other friends, residents of Plantation, made a not-guilty plea on first degree counts of attempted murder in the January 2006 attacks. Ammons, resident of Ft. Lauderdale, made a deal with prosecutors. He was willing to give his testimony in exchange for 10-20 years in prison. Ammons has had encounters with police before, and has lied to them on previous occassions.
Norris Gaynor, one of the homeless men in the beating, died from his injuries. One of Ammons’ friends took a baseball bat to his head during one of the encounters. Another grabbed a rake handle.
One of the other homeless men, Raymond Perez, was hit with a plastic sword by Ammons. He was hospitalized along with the third homeless man, Jacques Pierre.
Defense says that the gentlemen were out to hassel with the homeless, but not kill them.
Ammons will be sentenced on September 24, 2006. Yeah, real cool, Dude.
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