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Legally speaking, the brutality aspect might be a decision the prosecutor has to make.
Aggravated robbery in most states is just "taking property from a person by force and causing harm to the victim (or using a deadly weapon to do so)". Clearly, they've met that.
But there could be a separate charge for battery or aggravated battery depending on Florida law. Generally, you have to show serious or "great bodily" harm to get the aggravated battery. Without proof of permanent disfigurement, or some other complication, I do not think I could charge agg battery on this.
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