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Cantonment Man Get 25 Years For Attempted Murder After Robbery, Beating
March 22, 2017
A Cantonment man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for beating a victim during an armed home invasion.
Zanterrial DeJohn Carter was convicted of an Escambia County jury of attempted first degree murder, burglary of a dwelling while armed with a dangerous weapon and grand theft.
In the early morning hours on November 14, 2015, Carter broke into an apartment on Spink Lane where the victim was severely beaten. entered a home in Escambia County and held a resident down on the bed while striking him repeatedly in the head with a knife or small hatchet. The victim suffered deep wounds to his scalp and a broken arm from attempts to block the blows.
Carter assisted in stealing multiple electronic devices from the victim and fled the scene. The victim was able to call for help from a neighbor’s house. A witness in the area of the crime was able to identify Carter and also provided property to law enforcement that had been stolen from the victim.
The victim told deputies that he believed Carter intended to kill him, and the only reason he survived is because he played dead during the attack.
Several items, including a TV, laptop computer and desktop computer were stolen during the incident, according to an arrest report. The total value of stolen item was $1,734.
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4 Responses to “Cantonment Man Get 25 Years For Attempted Murder After Robbery, Beating”
Let me remind you once again that it is groups like ACLU and NAACP that insist the criminals must have rights that has helped put this country where it is today. Today more than ever the victims have less rights than the criminals…Commit a heinous crime and be convicted of it and you will have comfortable lodging, adequate meals and a safe place to live complete with medical and dental benefits. What do you give up??? Freedom. Freedom from poverty, toothaches, having to pay for expensive medications ,an empty belly , not having to paying rent or the light bill…Wow !! what a deal for someone who was a criminal. Who chose to commit crimes…someone who chose to punish an innocent party to fulfill their own sick needs…someone who feels they are entitled for free what others have worked hard to attain. Seems to me like olden days punishment was way better….sure innocent people may have died but innocent people sit in prison today.. bring back wild west government. They were caught.. they are guilty. Reasonable doubt? Prove your innocence at your own expense…
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I can not see any redeeming qualities in this creature worthy of sparing him the death penalty. Now he becomes a tax payer dependent, complete with dental, vision and medical care. Exactly WHO is being penalized here? Society is – for a crime HE commited.
Smh …. where is the sanity in this?
Try to imagine or picture this scene taking place. A heinous crime no doubt. The sad thing is our society doesn’t execute animals like this anymore.
No doubt we have weak judges and lawmakers in America, there was a time in this country if you committed a crime like this you were put to death. Now we have to feed this punk for the next twenty-five years, and he will still be young enough and probably still have the energy, when he gets out and kill someone!