Dec 18, 2024
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The family of a man brutally beaten on Christmas Day last year stood face-to-face with one of the suspects in court Wednesday as he was sentenced. Brucewayne Beaman speaks during his sentencing Dec. 18. Brucewayne Beaman was sentenced to 25 years in prison with five years of probation after taking a plea deal for manslaughter in the death of Michael Dicesare, 60. He was beaten by Beaman and another man at the corner of Bay Street and Portland Avenue. Dicesare died more than a month after the attack. Wednesday was a rather emotional day in court, as the victim's brother and daughter provided statements directly to Beaman. In them, they emphasized how Christmas will now be a painful memory because of what the judge called heinous and cruel crimes by Beaman. "I know that it will take me quite some time before I will be happy on Christmas. I know that I will never have my brother and my best friend to talk to for the last rest of my life, I can only say that 25 years in prison is not long enough for the crime that was that the person in front of you committed," said David Dicesare, Michael's brother. "I ask that you be aware of the profound and lasting effects that this horrific tragedy has had on all of us." Suspect in deadly Christmas beating pleads guilty Amanda Dicesare, the victim's daughter, speaks during Brucewayne Beaman's Dec. 18 sentencing with David Dicesare, the victim's brother, tearing up in the background. Beaman also apologized to the Dicesare family. "I really wasn't in the right state of mind of the night of the incident," he began. "I was very high and drunk. I really didn't believe that I did that until my council showed me the video and I recognized the hat and clothes that I was wearing that night, and I said, 'yeah that was me.' But I really couldn't remember what actually led up to that. But as I watched the video, I realized yeah that was me. I didn't deny it, because I know for sure that, that was me. I really wasn't in the right state of mind; I had a lot of stuff going through me but that's besides the fact, what I was going through, you know?" Judge Julie Hahn told Beaman that Dicesare did not deserve this, and hoped the words of the family sit with him in prison. "I don't care about anything he said. I don't," said Amanda Dicesare, Michael's daughter. "The judge said it perfectly. I don't. It doesn't matter if he was in his right state of mind or not, especially when he mentioned growing up with ADHD. I did too. I've been diagnosed since I was seven years old, and I had a I did it wasn't hard to grow up with, but I certainly, certainly won't murder anybody over it. I mean, I appreciate the apology, but I feel like you kind of... I don't care what state of mind you were in. I don't care. I don't care. I don't." The second suspect in this case, Guy Mustgray, was also offered a manslaughter plea deal though he did not take it. His case goes to trial in March.
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