BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A plea hearing is set Monday for a former principal of an elementary school accused of hosting an underage drinking party in Brevard County
Former Roosevelt Elementary principal Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan was arrested in 2024 when police said they found more than 100 underage teens at the party, including many who had been drinking.
Brodigan was supposed to be sentenced a couple weeks ago, but Judge Kathryn Speicher wanted to allow teens at the party to testify in court should they wish, so the plea and sentencing hearing was postponed to Feb. 2.
A fired Roosevelt teacher, Karly Anderson, was also at the ex-principal’s house with the teens during the alcohol-filled “white lie party,” as police called it.
“One girl had gotten a DUI, another child was passed out,” assistant state attorney Julia Lynch said.
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Your Cocoa Beach Community Correspondent James Sparvero asked the prosecutor if she wants Brodigan to serve jail time. Anderson last year was only sentenced to probation
“I will say, we are not seeking that at this time,” Lynch answered.
Sparvero also asked Brodigan questions as she left court on Jan. 20. She didn’t answer any of them.
“It sounds like you’re not gonna go back to jail. How happy does that make you,” Sparvero asked to no reply.
Brodigan also didn’t answer whether she still allows her sons to throw parties (students told police that parties at the ex-principal’s house happened once or twice a month), nor did she answer if she wants to be a teacher or principal again.
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