The Fifth District Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld the five-year prison and 15-year probation sentence against Brendan Depa, the former Matanzas High School student whose video-captured beating of a teacher’s aide unconscious in February 2023 drew worldwide attention. In a long interview, Gene Lopes, a teacher and mentor of Depa’s who just visited him, describes his progress in prison and his plans after prison. The post Appeals Court Upholds 5-Year Prison Sentence for Brendan Depa in Matanzas Teacher’s Aide Attack appeared first on FlaglerLive.