Brendan Depa, the severely autistic Florida ... State prosecutors tried Depa, 17 at the time of the attack, as an adult and charged him with aggravated battery on an educational employee.

a 6-foot-6 17-year-old Florida boy violently pushing a Palm Coast teacher’s aide to the ground and repeatedly punching her until school staff pulled him away. The teen, Brendan Depa, is on the ...

Judge Terence Perkins sentenced Brendan Depa, who beat a teacher ... anywhere from probation to 30 years in prison. Because Depa was 17 during the attack, Judge Terence Perkins had the option ...

Brendan Depa has autism, and his mother criticized the sentence, saying her son is "going to be taken advantage of or harmed" in prison Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.

(NewsNation) — A Florida student caught on video attacking a teacher’s aide was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday. Brendan Depa, 18, was captured on surveillance video in February of ...