PORT CHARLOTTE — Authorities arrested a homeless man and his 14-year-old stepson Tuesday for allegedly beating another homeless man so severely he had to be airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers for treatment, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.

Lee Edward Alan Hill, 43, and the boy were both charged with aggravated battery in connection with the incident, which allegedly took place underneath the northbound U.S. 41 bridge early Tuesday morning.