Hulking Florida teen Brendan Depa who severely beat teacher over Nintendo Switch sentenced to five years in prison

NY Post ^ | 08/07/2024 | Nicholas McEntyre

[ChicagoConservative27]

The hulking Florida teen who brutally pummeled a high school teacher unconscious over his Nintendo Switch last February was sentenced to five years in prison.

Brendan Depa, now 18, threw his head back after Circuit Judge Terence Perkins handed down the punishment on Tuesday evening.

Depa also received 15 years of probation after his release and will be placed in a group home, court records showed.

Depa was charged with felony aggravated battery – bodily harm after he attacked paraprofessional Joan Naydich in a hallway inside Matanzas High School in Palm Coast.

[V_TWIN]

“How is the teacher doing that was attacked?”

During the trial it was revealed that she has multiple physical AND mental issues including PTSD.......she will never teach again.

[V_TWIN]

“With any luck at all, his next target will be armed”

Since he’s gonna be spending 5 years in prison, HE may be the next victim.

[KC_Conspirator]

This is what real sentencing looks like.

[Organic Panic]

Probably right. I would guess this victim of society gets lots of extra time for staff assaults and assaults on other inmates. If he tries to kill a petit woman who takes away his video game he’s not gonna like a prison guard locking him in a cell.

[NorthMountain]

When an assailant attacks someone, and the target of the attack kills the assailant ...

Who is the victim?

But I get your point. Mixing with hard-core prisoners is a different thing entirely from beating up government school employees who are forbidden to defend themselves.

[V_TWIN]

Yep, in certain other states this thug woulda got a slap on the wrist and been free to assault some other helpless White female.

Also, in the article what the white stepmother is saying about the sentence is unbelievable......SHE’S playing the race card.

[Jonty30]

I did some time in a prison for a special project for my job and I was able to witness interactions. Having talked to the prisoners, I’ve learned that you have to exaggerate common courtesy or else you will get your block knocked off.

Him, being so big and low IQ, will not understand that. At least at first. My expectation is that he will be told, then he’ll be taught.

[V_TWIN]

Hrs not stupid, he won’t be attacking anyone in prison.

He’s just a bully that used his autism as a shield against being disciplined....and his stepmom was enabling him.

Mental experts called during the trial made it very clear that autism and violent behavior are in no way connected......the judge mentioned it at least twice before he sentenced him.

[mass55th]

At least Florida has a determinate sentencing program, which means that most inmates end up doing the full sentence for their crimes. There should be no early-out for this POS.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

“They are punishing that he is black, they are punishing that he is large and they are punishing his disability,” the teen’s adoptive mother, Leanne Depa, said after the sentencing. “I had told the school that being hungry was a trigger, that noise was a trigger, that being told ‘no’ was a trigger, that being corrected in front of other people was a trigger, and electronics was a huge trigger,” Leann Depa added.

[Ikeon]

I have a bad feeling he is either going to come out a monster who kills within 2 weeks of release, he will stay in prison do to behavioral problems or hes going to be dead...

i doubt death, youd need a 10" shank to get to his vitals, all while being pummeled like a kitten in a gorilla cage.

[SJSAMPLE]

“gentle giant”

[wild74]

I don’t think he will get out of prison alive

[CommerceComet]

“They are punishing that he is black, they are punishing that he is large and they are punishing his disability,” the teen’s adoptive mother, Leanne Depa, said after the sentencing. “I had told the school that being hungry was a trigger, that noise was a trigger, that being told ‘no’ was a trigger, that being corrected in front of other people was a trigger, and electronics was a huge trigger,” Leann Depa added.

Sounds like a poorly-trained pit bull - you never know what will set him off with serious consequences. Someone that unstable does not belong at a public school or in public for that matter.

I hate his "trigger" talk. Talk about about a subtle way of blaming the victim. It wasn't the thug's fault, he was triggered.

[Bigg Red]

He should have been charged with attempted murder.

[sasquatch]

Thanks,
The last video game I played was in the 70’s at the Oasis in Menlo Park. Pong...

[Red Badger]

You’re in luck!

All the old games are making a comeback!................

[V_TWIN]

“last video game I played was in the 70’s...”

Honestly, you haven’t missed much.....except for maybe a gaming addiction. Big ass waste of time IMO. 😏

[sasquatch]

Thanks,
The Pong game at the ‘O’ was the size of a four drawer file cabinet. I think Nolan Bushnell designed and built it. The main attraction was beer and burgers. It was just over the line between Stanford (alcohol illegal) and San Mateo county.
Sadly, It closed.

[sasquatch]

Ha,
See 39 above.