Man who attacked an elderly man outside a hospital and then attacked his attorney in court sentenced to 20 years in prison after jury trial
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Aubrey Chase Mathis, 32, has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison after separate juries found him guilty of battery on a person over 65 and felony battery on a public defender in two separate cases.
Mathis, who had been released from prison on July 8, 2024, was arrested on July 11 near HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, where he attacked a 74-year-old man outside the west entrance of the hospital without provocation, punching the victim in the head multiple times and causing him to fall to the ground; the victim, who uses a walker, reportedly suffered a laceration to the back of his head.
On March 17, 2025, during jury selection for the July case, Mathis stood up in the courtroom and punched his public defender twice in the face; the victim reportedly had redness and swelling under his eye as a result of the attack.
On May 19, a jury found Mathis guilty of felony battery on his attorney, and Judge James Colaw sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
On May 27, a separate jury found Mathis guilty of battery on a person over 65 after deliberating for less than five minutes, and Judge Colaw sentenced him to a 10-year term, to be served after the first term.
Both juries also determined that Mathis was a habitual offender.
Should of hung his sorry a$$.
Don’t think he is going to be missed.
I got some tall trees if someone has some short rope
He’s got room for more tears…even if they are fake.
This 20 years will give him plenty of time for more face disfigurement. Calling attention to himself like that would suggest he relocate to a deep blue state to avoid being a target of Second Amendment adherents.
I’m sure he’s a misunderstood youth. 🙄, and didn’t know the right from wrong from wrong.
Can we please petition DeSantos to bring back the nut houses and lobotomy studies?
I grew up with chase.. he has been through a lot. Unknown/untreated mental illness and a mixture of drug use can turn some of the most kind people into an unrecognizable force. I’m not excusing his actions but everyone, including chase, deserve humility. He needs help and he’s crying out for it.. he has been for decades. Whether some keyboard warriors agree or not. The real rehabilitation starts with therapy and needs a lot more work to get a different result other than throwing someone like chase into the Gulag. He has a mother, family, friends, and a lot of time ahead of him.. he deserves more than what the typical US rehabilitation system (slave labor/ privatized corporation) has to offer. Anyone can find themselves in a pit of despair if there is no light within their life. They say the first to cast stones are the very people who commit sin..
U dont ask fa help with your hands unless youre doing sign language🙄 he beat up an old man smdh and someone trying to help him🤔 he definitely deserves more time and to be at Santa Rosa and as for his lawyer he should’ve toe (yes i said toe) him a new a** 🕳️
Another failure of our nonexistent mental health system.
You might thank the far left here who spent and continues to spend available tax money on frills and “welfare items” instead of NEEDS like mental health treatment and chain gangs.
His continued existence in society means someone, somewhere is going to be victimized by him. An unknown elderly person somewhere has been saved by this thing being in prison.
If he gets a lobotomy and donates a kidney to someone in need , will consider letting him out early…
“Forgiveness is the key to every door.”
You can just tell this dude is dumber then rocks by his face. His brain is so poorly developed his mouth just defaults to open. The face tattoos are just icing on the cake. Should be on a plane to El Salvador. Good riddance to this worthless sack of turds.
Can’t look any dumber than this specimen.
He is the real life Wayne D from South Park.