A Florida father and son were sentenced in a brutal aggravated battery with great bodily harm and tampering with a witness case.
Both 50-year-old Vincent Paul Gaudio and 18-year-old William Trent Gaudio were sentenced in their Aggravated Battery with Great Bodily Harm and Tampering with a Witness case. Vincent was sentenced to 15 years and William was sentenced to 20 years in the Florida Department of Corrections.
“The victim in this case was targeted and brutally attacked by the defendants,” said Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Bill Gladson. “I believe the court’s sentencing decision greatly reflects the severity of the crime and guarantees justice for the victim.”
On September 4, 2023, the defendants attacked a man at the Circle K located off North Williams Street in Dunnellon in Marion County. The victim reported to officials that while riding a bike back from the store, both Vincent and William appeared exiting a trail from a wooded area.
The pair then approached the victim, with William grabbing the bicycle, causing the victim to fall to the ground.
Once on the ground, the defendants punched and kicked the victim in the head and the chest. The victims attempted to call 9-1-1 while being battered, but the defendants grabbed the phone and smashed it, preventing the call for help.
Deputies observed the victim’s face to be swollen, with hemorrhaging to the victim’s eye and a hematoma on their lip. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital and further diagnosed with a fractured orbital bone.
Assistant State Attorney Tucker O’Neill successfully prosecuted this case. Both Vincent and William were found guilty by a jury in September of this year.
