All three teenagers charged in a vicious school bus beating attack have entered guilty pleas in Florida juvenile court.
Joshua Reddin, Julian McKnight and Lloyd Khemradj, all 15 years old, are facing aggravated battery charges in the attack on a 13-year-old boy on a Pinellas County school bus in July. Reddin also pleaded guilty to a count of robbery for taking $5 from the victim after the assault.
Police had said the teens attacked the victim after he told officials at their dropout prevention school that one of them tried to sell him marijuana. The victim suffered a broken arm and two black eyes after being repeatedly struck by punches and kicks. The attack was caught on video by a bus surveillance camera.
"If these matters were in adult court ...they would be considered very serious," Judge Raymond Gross said Thursday in Clearwater, Fla.
The three teenagers are first time offenders. Gross is currently weighing sentencing and listening to prosecutors and juvenile authorities on proposed probations.
Prior to McKnight's court appearance, his father said his son was "sorry" for taking part in the attack.
“All I can say is that he had his consequences already, you know?” McKnight said. “This is life. I am sorry what happened to the victim. It's just the way it is. My son ain’t never been no bad person, he just got mixed [up] with bad people, that’s all … He’s sorry.”
Fox News’ Serafin Gomez contributed to this report.
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