PALM BAY, Fla. – A 22-year-old man was arrested in Palm Bay in connection with a beating at the “Compound” that left a man in a coma.
Palm Bay police said Michael Hoffa was arrested Thursday on charges of attempted murder, robbery with a deadly weapon and kidnapping.
According to authorities, Brennan Navarre, 19, was found unconscious in December at the “Compound,” an abandoned housing development in southwest Palm Bay near the intersection of J.A. Bombardier Boulevard and Kentucky Drive, typically used for ATVs and other activities.
Citing police, News 6 partner Florida Today said when Navarre woke up in the hospital, he told police he remembered Hoffa picking him up from his home and being struck in the head with a “clear, glass smoking device commonly used for smoking cannabis."
Navarre was then struck repeatedly with a metal baseball bat, police said.
Navarre recently returned home from the hospital and is doing much better, according to his family.
Hoffa is held at the Brevard County Jail without bond.