'What Were You Thinking?' Judge in Attack on Disabled Man

PONTIAC, MI – Two 20-year-old Pontiac men who stole a cellphone from a man with cerebral palsy last November and then used it to film an assault they posted on the victim’s social media page will spend at least six and up to 20 years in prison.

Nikey Dashone Walker was sentenced Tuesday in Oakland County Circuit Court to six to 20 years in prison and Shaheed Dontae Bey was sentenced to eight to 20 years for first-degree home invasion, which was among several charges filed against the men, The Oakland Press reports.

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Both men pleaded no contest to the charges in January. Such pleas are treated the same as a guilty plea in sentencing.

Oakland County deputies responded to a 911 call about an injured man lying in front of the Phoenix Place Apartments about 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 29. The victim told police Walker and Bey stole his phone, then used it to film themselves beating him. Authorities later learned they had posted the video on the victim’s Facebook page.

To Walker, she said:

“ … What you did here — you know better. You treated someone very, very horribly, and it’s not forgivable. So you really need to take a look at yourself and decide if this is the kind of man you want to be.”

Besides the 20-year felonies, both men were also charged with unarmed robbery and assault to commit great bodily harm less than murder. Walker was sentenced to six to 15 years for unarmed robbery and four to 10 years for the assault charge. Bey was sentenced to eight to 20 years for unarmed robbery and seven to 20 years for assault.

The prison terms will run concurrently.

» Nikey Dashone Walker, left, and Shaheed Dontae Bey