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Around seven months ago, a teacher in Orlando, Florida, was viciously attacked by a lumbering 6’6″, 270-pound crazed student. Thankfully, she’s made the right call by refusing to help his defense team eek out a shorter sentence. The student, whose name is Brendan Depa, was 17 at the time he unleashed the horrific attack on Joan Naydich, a teacher at Matanzas High School. The video shows him throwing her down like a rag doll, kicking and punching her multiple times in her back and head until staff finally intervened and pulled the massive goon off of her.
You can watch the graphic video here if you must.
According to Depa, his violent attack was sparked by the teacher telling him to stop gaming on his Nintendo Switch. The teacher says that never happened. Perhaps the attack was race-driven? We’ll likely never know. Depa was charged as an adult and is now staring down the barrel of a potential 30-year prison sentence, and the teacher is perfectly fine with that and not willing to help get that sentence reduced.
Good for her.
According to Flagler Live, Naydich has “shown no interest in mitigating what penalties Depa might face.”
The autistic teen — who will plead guilty to avoid trial — was initially charged as a juvenile in the case before the raps were upgraded.
Still, Judge Terrence Perkins still has the option of sentencing him as a youth — and meting out a penalty as low as probation. The teen’s disabilities will likely weigh on his decision.
Now 18, Depa had three prior battery arrests before the shocking February attack on Naydich, who was treated at a hospital after the assault.
Flagler Live also reported that Depa got into a brawl in jail just last month.
Depa, who stands 6-foot-6, reportedly threatened to kill Naydich during his arrest.
It was initially reported Naydich had personally confiscated the Nintendo device from him, but she denied doing so in subsequent interviews.
It took a team of four adults to pry this lumbering madman off the poor teacher. Frankly, society would be better off if this unhinged, habitual offender faced a stiff sentence. Kudos to this brave woman for taking a stand. It’s refreshing, particularly these days, when thugs like this skate by with barely a slap on the wrist.
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