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Student with autism who knocked out teacher over Nintendo Switch sentenced to five years in prison

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A Florida student with autism who brutally knocked out a high school teacher unconscious over his Nintendo Switch last February has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Brendan Depa, now 18, threw his head back after Circuit Judge Terence Perkins handed down the punishment on Tuesday evening.

Depa also received 15 years of probation after his release and will be placed in a group home, court records showed.

He was charged with felony aggravated battery, and bodily harm after he attacked paraprofessional Joan Naydich in a hallway inside Matanzas High School in Palm Coast.

The then-17-year-old, 6 feet 6 and 270 pounds was seen on security footage sprinting toward the female educator, who turns and spots her assailant a split-second before he shoves her to the floor.

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    A Florida student with autism who brutally knocked out a high school teacher unconscious over his Nintendo Switch last February has been sentenced to five years in prison. Brendan Depa, now 18, threw his head back after Circuit Judge Terence Perkins handed down the punishment on Tuesday evening. Depa also received 15 years of probation after his release and will be placed in a group home, court records showed. He was charged with felony aggravated battery, and bodily harm after he attacked paraprofessional Joan Naydich in a hallway inside Matanzas High School in Palm Coast. The then-17-year-old, 6 feet 6 and 270 pounds was seen on security footage sprinting toward the female educator, who turns and spots her assailant a split-second before he shoves her to the floor.