Brendan Depa, the Matanzas High School student recorded in a viral video brutally beating a teacher's aide, was sentenced Tuesday to five years in state prison followed by 15 years of probation. Depa, ...

*In a widely publicized case, Brendan Depa, an 18-year-old special needs student from Matanzas High School in Flagler County (Florida), was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday after a full ...

BUNNELL — Brendan Depa appeared to pray twice during his sentencing hearing for beating a teacher’s aide at Matanzas High School, an attack that was recorded in a viral video that became international ...

Brendan Depa, the severely autistic Florida teen whose assault on teacher’s aide Joan Naydich went viral last year, was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in state prison followed by 15 years of ...

The teacher’s aide attacked in a viral video at Matanzas High School in Palm Coast took the stand Wednesday and recalled what she could about the beating she suffered at the hands of a student. Joan ...

Video footage of the February 2023 incident was horrifying: 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 ...

Brendan Depa threw his head back as a judge sentenced him to five years in a Florida state prison. Back in 2023, Depa attacked a teacher’s assistant, leaving her with five broken ribs, a severe ...

FIRST AT FIVE. EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY IN COURT TODAY DURING THE SENTENCING HEARING FOR A FLAGLER COUNTY TEEN WHO KNOCKED OUT A PARAPROFESSIONAL AT SCHOOL. THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON THE SCHOOL’S ...

An autistic teenager who was captured on surveillance video violently beating a teacher's aide after she took away his Nintendo game was sentenced to five years in prison and 15 years probation.

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — A student accused of beating a local teacher’s aide is facing up to 30 years in prison. The teacher’s aide Joan Naydich told the court she wants 18-year-old Brendan Depa to be ...

“Brendan Depa, a kid who has serious health issues, is basically bearing all of the burden of the failure of the governmental and insurance systems that should’ve been in place to protect them,” he ...