Broken AC delays end in Fla. burned teen case

Published June 15, 2012 6:00pm ET



FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Broken air conditioning in a county courthouse is postponing the end of the trial of a South Florida teenager accused of orchestrating a burning attack against a middle school classmate.

Broward County Circuit Judge Michael Robinson said trial would resume Monday in the case of 17-year-old Matthew Bent. He’s accused of attempted second-degree murder in the October 2009 attack on Michael Brewer, who was then 15.

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