A man charged with breaking the jaw of another inmate in Bladen County jail in September was ordered Monday to spend the final 33 days of his sentence in the N.C. Department of Corrections and to take part in anger management classes.
William Mott Hedgepeth, 34, plead guilty in Bladen County Superior Court to misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury under an agreement with the state. Judge Ola M. Lewis sentenced Hedgepeth to a 150 day active sentence with credit for the 117 days already served. Hedgepeth will be transferred to a state prison for the remainder of his sentence since the assault occurred in Bladen County jail. Lewis also ordered that if Hedgepeth was charged with any other felonies in the future in Bladen County that his bond would be $500,000 secured on each charge with one-half of the bond to be paid in cash.
A fight broke out between Hedgepeth and another inmate on Sept. 19, 2015, as Hedgepeth was placed in the cell following his arrest on a charge of assault on a female, according to court statements and the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. Hedgepeth twice punched the other inmate in the face, breaking the inmate’s jaw, Assistant District Attorney Glenn Emery told the court.
Rob Davis, Hedgepeth’s lawyer, agreed with the facts of the case, but added that Hedgepeth “was not the aggressor, but he did finish it.”
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