Posted on 10/30/2023 8:33:49 PM PDT by Morgana
A teenage boy accused of punching and kicking his teaching assistant in a row over a Nintendo Switch has appeared in court and charged as an adult - after being arrested for battery three times in 2019.
Brendan Depa, now 18 but who was 17 at the time of the alleged beating was led shackled into court in Florida wearing an orange jumpsuit on Monday to face charges of aggravated battery - a felony.
He allegedly attacked teaching assistant Joan Naydich, 57, at Matanzas High School on February 21. The savage assault was caught on school surveillance cameras.
The 6'6" and 270lb student was caught viciously beating the 'humble' mother-of-two until she was unconscious, with Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly warning it 'could have been a homicide'.
In shocking video he is seen knocking Naydich to the ground before kicking and punching the unconscious woman at least 15 times in the back and head.
Those convicted of aggravated battery of a school board official in Florida can face up to 30 years in jail for the first-degree felony. The minimum recommended prison sentence is just short of three years.
Depa will be sentenced at the end of January. His own lawyer, Kurt Teifke, sought to have him declared incompetent to stand trial, because he is autistic.
A court-appointed psychologist found Depa was in fact competent to stand trial and Circuit Judge Terence Perkins will decided his fate early next year.
On Monday he pleaded 'no contest' to the charges against him.
Judge Perkins could sentence him either as an adult or as a juvenile offender.
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Throw away the key.
No, he belongs in a mental institution. Would you sentence your minor aged child to go to a place where he can be raped or tortured? I doubt it. This man is an adult with an 8 year old or less mental capacity. You all are hypocrites when you claim to be pro-life. The viciousness which many members address jssues and other posters is pretty shocking to me. I have been a daily visitor to FR since 1998.
Stupid law, passed by (or at the behest of) stupid bleeding-heart idiots ... the same species of idiot who insisted that insane asylums be closed.
That's a fine description of the "juvenile detention center", and not too far off from "public school".
The viciousness which many members address jssues
The viciousness of which you speak pales in comparison to the viciousness with which this adult criminal assaulted his defenseless victim. Many members are tired of having violent thugs unleashed upon our society with no repercussions or recourse. Have you any sympathy for the woman this individual assaulted, or is your sympathy reserved entirely for the violent criminal?
In the US, calling a 17 year old “boy” would get that headline writer fired and shunned as a racist.
W’hell yeah. Dood took his Nintendo Switch. /s
Autism is to children what a large portion of schizophrenia is to adults. It is an autoimmune attack against nerve synapses. You see the same first psychotic breaks in the same 16-22 year-old time frame. It can produce overt violence.
I agree with you. I linked to more information about this story in post #22. In one article, his mother described a legal situation much like the one you described.
Hope it's okay if I send you a freepmail. You should receive one from me in a few minutes.
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