A Tavernier man sentenced to prison for violating his probation for contacting his former girlfriend nearly 30 times is facing additional charges after he reportedly spit on prosecutors.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, 45-year-old Scott David Alan Hedger is facing an additional charge of battery after he spit on two Monroe County State attorneys in court on Oct. 24
Hedger was in court at the Plantation Key Courthouse at approximately 11:30 a.m. and assistant state attorneys Joseph Mansfield and Melissa Simmons were at a counsel’s table. Hedger lunged and spit on both lawyers before he was restrained by the sheriff’s office.
Hedger was cuffed and taken away from the courtroom.
In September 2024, Hedger was found guilty for violently dragging his former girlfriend more than 1,300 feet down a Tavernier road with his truck in 2021. He was sentenced to 42 months in state prison, followed by eight years of probation.
Hedger was released on Feb. 24, 2025, and violated his probation within days by calling and attempting to contact the victim at least 29 times, in direct defiance of the no-contact order, according to the Monroe County State Attorney’s Office. The Florida Department of Corrections Probation Office immediately notified the State Attorney’s Office, and with the assistance of SAO investigator Roy Bogue, a warrant was issued and Hedger was taken into custody.
On Sept. 26, Circuit Judge James Morgan found Hedger guilty of violating probation and sentenced him to 10 years in state prison.
