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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.
“My life will never be what it was before,” she said, according to the station. Depa’s mother testified that her son has mental health issues and was triggered by the removal of his electronics, the station reported. A court-ordered evaluation found that he has autism and several other conditions, according to an order that found him competent to stand trial. “I think he needs help and I think he needs treatment,” Leanne Depa told the station after his sentencing.
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