( CNN ) -- One of the three teenagers accused of setting another boy on fire in Florida in 2009 has been found guilty of the lesser charge of aggravated battery , officials said . Matthew Bent , 17 , charged as an adult , will be sentenced July 23 , according to Kim Fontana in the State Attorney 's Office in Broward County . Bent faces a sentence of four years and five months to 15 years . Bent originally was charged with second-degree attempted murder in the Deerfield Beach attack . The jury returned the verdict Tuesday . The three teens -- Bent , Denver Jarvis and Jesus Mendez -- were accused of pouring alcohol over Michael Brewer and setting him on fire , after a dispute over $ 40 . Brewer suffered burns over 65 % of his body and was hospitalized for more than two months . Jarvis and Mendez pleaded no contest and are serving time in prison . Both testified during Bent 's trial , according to CNN affiliate WBFS in Miami . Bent did not take the stand , and his defense did not call any witnesses , the affiliate reported . `` I am asking that now , today , 975 days later asking you to hold this young man responsible for his actions , '' prosecutor Maria Schneider said during the trial , according to WBFS . `` You ca n't orchestrate something then wipe your hands and say , 'Oh they did it ! They did it on their own , I had nothing to do with it . ' '' Detectives say Bent demanded $ 40 he said Brewer owed him and , when he did n't pay , Bent allegedly stole Brewer 's father 's bicycle . Brewer fingered Bent to police , who arrested the teen . The next day , after Bent was released , the three found Brewer and allegedly surrounded him . Police say witnesses told them his attackers called Brewer a `` snitch . '' Detectives say eyewitnesses told them that then-15-year-old Jarvis poured alcohol over Brewer and then-16-year-old Mendez used a lighter to start the fire . Bent allegedly encouraged the attack . Mendez has admitted setting Brewer on fire , and that he made a `` bad decision , '' according to an arrest transcript . Brewer ran about 100 yards to an apartment complex pool , where he dove in . Speaking in 2010 , he told CNN 's John Zarrella that he wished he could deal with his three former friends himself . `` But , it 's over and done with , '' Brewer said then . `` I think they 're just jerks and they got what they deserved . ''
Matthew Bent was convicted of aggravated battery . The case against him is that he punched a man in the face during an argument at his home on March 31, 2012. Brewer suffered burns over 65 % of his body and was hospitalized for more than two months .