Florida student who assaulted school employee over Nintendo Switch gets 5 years in prison
A Florida student accused of beating a school employee unconscious after she confiscated his Nintendo Switch last year was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday, court records show.
A Florida student accused of beating a school employee unconscious after she confiscated his Nintendo Switch last year was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday, court records show.
Brendan Depa, 18, pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated battery on an elected official or education employee, according to sentencing documents from the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court in Flagler County.
Depa, who was 17 at the time of the assault, was also sentenced to 15 years of probation.
A 17-year-old special needs student from Matanzas High School in Flagler County, Fla., was accused of violently attacking a teacher's aide after the aide took away the student's Nintendo game.Flagler County Sheriff’s Office via WESHDuring Depa’s sentencing, Judge Terence Perkins said Depa had shown no remorse over the assault on Feb. 21, 2023, at Matanzas High School, north of Daytona Beach.
Video of the incident shows Depa charging the employee and knocking her to the ground. It shows her body go limp as he kicks and punches her more than a dozen times.
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