Defense Set to Present Case at Wayne Treacy Trial

Attorneys for the South Florida teen accused of almost beating another teenager to death outside Deerfield Beach Middle School are set to present their case Wednesday. Wayne Treacy, 17, is charged as an adult with attempted murder in the March 17, 2010 attack on Josie Ratley at a bus stop outside the school. Police said Treacy sought out Ratley, who was 15 at the time, after she sent him text messages about his older brother, Michael, who had recently committed suicide. Treacy’s mother, Donna Powers, testified about the day she and her son found Michael hanging from a tree.