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https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/florida-student-to-be-charged-as-adult-in-attack-on-woman/

A 17-year-old Florida student caught on video beating a female school staffer unconscious after she confiscated his Nintendo Switch video game device will be charged as an adult as it emerged that he has previously been arrested for battery three times.

The 6-foot-6 teen has been named for the first time as Brendan Depa after the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court ruled that he would be tried as an adult with aggravated battery on a school board employee, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.

The first-degree felony is punishable by up to 30 years behind bars, according to the outlet.

Depa did actually and intentionally touch or strike (the victim) against the will of (her) and in doing so used a deadly weapon, and/or intentionally or knowingly caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement, the State Attorneys Office said, according to Click Orlando.

A 17-year-old Florida student caught on video beating a female school staffer unconscious after she confiscated his Nintendo Switch video game device will be charged as an adult as it emerged that he has previously been arrested for battery three times.

The 6-foot-6 teen has been named for the first time as Brendan Depa after the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court ruled that he would be tried as an adult with aggravated battery on a school board employee, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.

The first-degree felony is punishable by up to 30 years behind bars, according to the outlet.

Depa did actually and intentionally touch or strike (the victim) against the will of (her) and in doing so used a deadly weapon, and/or intentionally or knowingly caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement, the State Attorneys Office said, according to Click Orlando.

This incident has reached areas of the world I never thought possible, with love and support pouring in from all, the statement said.

As her daughter, its heartwarming to see the community rally behind her recovery, near and far. Please keep my mom and brother in your thoughts during this time, it adds.

Meanwhile, it has emerged that Depa was arrested three times for simple battery in 2019, when he lived in Riverview in Hillsborough County, where his mom is an occupational therapist, Flagler Live reported.

The arrests were categorized as first-degree misdemeanors.

After his first arrest in March that year, he was placed in juvenile custody for a few days but was soon rearrested and admitted to what the state Department of Juvenile Justice refers to as respite care, according to the outlet.

He was reportedly held for domestic violence respite care, which the department defines as When the youth being admitted was screened at the JAC [Juvenile Assessment Center] for domestic violence charges and did not score for secure detention, but is unable to be released to family and would otherwise be held in secure detention. ...