Vile man who beat up homeless man for fun with his friend won't have to go to prison

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Swaroop, A. (2026, October 28). Vile man who beat up homeless man for fun with his friend won't have to go to prison. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16245573/Vile-man-beat-homeless-man-prison.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-10-28 · by Ananya Swaroop
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Orion Garman, 19, and his friend Joshua Williams attacked a homeless man named Sean Johnson in an abandoned building in Omaha, Nebraska. The attack was recorded on video which showed Garman hitting Johnson with pipes and boards with nails while racist slurs were heard being shouted. Despite the severity of the assault, Garman avoided prison time by pleading no contest to second-degree assault and receiving three years of probation instead. Williams is currently awaiting trial for lesser charges after his case was reduced from a felony to misdemeanor assault causing bodily injury.
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Orion Garman, a 19-year-old from Nebraska, has avoided prison after he and his friend Joshua Williams attacked a homeless man named Sean Johnson in May. Garman pleaded no contest to second-degree assault and was sentenced to three years of probation. The attack was captured on video and shared on social media, showing Garman beating Johnson with pipes and boards with nails while racist slurs were heard. Johnson suffered severe injuries, including breaking his hand. Tamara Dwyer, Omaha's homeless services coordinator, described the video as heartbreaking. Williams is still awaiting trial for his role in the assault.

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Ananya Swaroop
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Instagram Nebraska Omaha The Omaha Police Department WOWT

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Garman PERSON · 7× Johnson PERSON · 6× Omaha GPE · 4× Orion Garman PERSON · 3× Williams PERSON · 3× Instagram ORG · 2× Julia Dueling PERSON · 2× The Omaha Police Department ORG · 2× WOWT ORG · 2× Nebraska GPE · 1×

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Garman (left) pleaded no contest to 2nd-degree assault and was sentenced to three years of probation while Williams is awaiting trial Tamara Dwyer, Omaha's homeless services coordinator, told WOWT that the video was heartbreaking.
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🔮 The Omaha Police Department arrested Orion Garman and his friend Joshua Williams, both 19, in May after learning of the video circulating on social media.

Claims (31 extracted, 3 hedged)

A Nebraska teen has avoided prison after he attacked a homeless man and shared video of the assault. asserted
he → avoid → assault
The Omaha Police Department arrested Orion Garman and his friend Joshua Williams, both 19, in May after learning of the video circulating on social media. uncertain
Department → arrest → media
Garman entered an abandoned building where a homeless man, later identified as Sean Johnson, lived. asserted
man → enter → Johnson
Garman shared a video showing him beating the innocent man to Instagram. asserted
him → share → Instagram
According to Omaha Police, the attacker was accompanied by friends including Williams and they used pipes and boards with nails to attack Johnson. A man was also heard using racist slurs and screaming. uncertain
man → accord → slurs
'Watch the f**k out,' the man warned Johnson while threatening him with a green pipe. asserted
man → watch → pipe
They hit Johnson so hard that he broke his hand. asserted
he → hit → hand
Orion Garman stole Sean Johnson's phone and robbed him, according to Julia Dueling, an Omaha resident who reported the incident to the police Orion Garman allegedly shared the video online where he and his friends were seen beating up Johnson with pipes and boards with nails Johnson screamed: 'That hurts, stop. uncertain
That → steal → nails
I quit.' asserted
I → quit → ?
Julia Dueling, an Omaha resident, said she reported the incident to the police with all the evidence she had. asserted
she → say → evidence
She also said that the men stole Johnson's phone. asserted
men → say → phone
'This morning I was notified of a group of 18- to 20-year-olds beating a homeless man with pipes, boards with nails, and they were even going to go as far as stabbing him. asserted
they → notify → him
This man does nothing to anybody,' she wrote in an online post. asserted
she → do → post
Garman shared a video showing him beating the innocent man to Instagram ' asserted
him → share → Instagram
He lives in the old abandoned Salvation Army in downtown Omaha. asserted
He → live → Omaha
He's very kind & loves to talk. asserted
He → love → ?
If these are your f****g kids, come get them. asserted
these → come → them
I have submitted all evidence needed. asserted
I → submit → evidence
If this is your son & his friends, do better. asserted
this → do → ?
Douglas County District Court sentenced Garman on Tuesday, WOWT reported. asserted
WOWT → sentence → Tuesday
His bond was initially set at $20,000. asserted
bond → set → 20,000
Garman pleaded no contest to 2nd-degree assault and was sentenced to three years of probation, saving him from spending his time in jail. asserted
Garman → plead → jail
His companion Williams had his charge reduced last week to assault causing bodily injury, the outlet reported. asserted
outlet → have → injury
He is now awaiting trial. asserted
He → await → trial
Charges of robbery, use of a weapon to commit a felony and false imprisonment were dismissed for Garman. asserted
Charges → commit → Garman
Garman (left) pleaded no contest to 2nd-degree assault and was sentenced to three years of probation while Williams is awaiting trial Tamara Dwyer, Omaha's homeless services coordinator, told WOWT that the video was heartbreaking. asserted
video → plead → WOWT
'Initially it was very hard to watch and I wasn't able to get through it.' asserted
I → watch → it
Dwyer said. asserted
Dwyer → say → ?
She said that it is important that we treat such people as human to end homelessness. asserted
we → say → homelessness
'It's fine to ask them if they're okay if you're worried about them. asserted
you → ask → them
We have a lot of people who do reach out to the mayor's hotline out of concern for people, which is great because we want to be concerned rather than villainizing folks that are on the streets,' she told the outlet. asserted
she → have → outlet
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