COCOA BEACH, Fla. – A principal, a teacher, and a teenager – who is accused of DUI – might not be the last people to get arrested after a big, underage house party in Cocoa Beach.
On Friday, police said it busted the party at the home of Teddy Roosevelt Elementary School Principal Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan.
Police said teacher Karly Anderson was there too with more than 100 teens, including Hill-Brodigan’s sons, drinking and smoking weed.
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That teacher walked away from News 6 reporter James Sparvero Monday.
Now, a case is being built about a fake call to 911 police think a child made to distract them from the real trouble.
A dispatcher reported the call on the night of the party.
“I just got an anonymous phone call stating that there was a guy being held gunpoint at Sidney Fischer Park,” the dispatcher said. “Stated someone was possibly held at gunpoint and then disconnected the line.”
Fischer Park is four miles away from Hill-Brodigan’s house.
While the police had to go there to check out what was being reported, there were fewer officers for the time being to work on what was going on at the house.
“I just received a call from a juvenile stating she had been at that location,” the dispatcher could be heard again. “Someone was sending videos now, just, Snapchat, of illegal drinking.”
Police said whoever made the false call from a blocked number said before someone was held up at Fischer Park, there was a shooting at Cocoa Beach’s skatepark just behind Roosevelt Elementary where Hill-Brodigan and Anderson worked before being placed on administrative leave.
“The juvenile then advised the people at the park were conducting satanic activity,” according to their arrest report.
Police said none of that was true.
If News 6 learns anyone else gets arrested, we’ll update you again.
In Florida, making a false police report can put you in jail for up to a year.
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