A teen accused of beating a high school football player in Brazoria County was sentenced on March 17.
In exchange for a lighter sentence, Reid Mitchell pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, according to media reports from WFAA Dallas.
Mitchell will spend 120 days in jail, complete 200 hours of community service, and remain on probation for 10 years. Any probation violation could send Mitchell to jail for between two and 20 years.
He was accused of beating a football player from Brazoswood High School in Clute on December 3, 2021.
The high school athlete, 16-year-old Cole Hagan, was attacked at a home in Lake Jackson after he was lured outside during a pool party.
Hagan sustained multiple skull fractures and a broken collarbone, according to WFAA.
Due to the severity of Hagan’s injuries, medical personnel sedated him and placed him on a ventilator.
Mitchell was one of three teens who allegedly took part in the brutal beating of Hagan.
Ayden Holland and Logan Huber—teammates of Hagan’s, per KHOU—were also allegedly involved in the incident. They, too, were charged with aggravated assault. Their trials are scheduled for May 15.
Mitchell and Huber were 17 years old at the time of the attack. Holland was 18.
The Hagan family filed a lawsuit against the three suspects as well as against their parents and four other teens.
Several other people are also accused of negligence and of knowing about the plan to attack Hogan.
The father of one of the other teens accused of being involved in the beating is also accused of serving alcohol to minors.
The lawsuit claims that alcohol played a factor in Cole’s injuries.
The family’s lawsuit is filed in Brazoria County. The Hagans are seeking $50 million in damages.
Aggravated assaults such as this one are serious offenses. Violent crimes in the city of Dallas continue to increase by 10% a year to date, according to the Dallas Police Daily Crime Brief.