Spring Hill woman finds naked man sleeping on patio, deputies say

SPRING HILL — A naked man was arrested Wednesday morning after a Hernando County Sheriff’s Office deputy found him sleeping on a love seat inside the enclosed patio of someone else’s home, records show.

Gregory Scott Messer, 46, of 22455 Cheraton Road, Brooksville, was arrested around 7:35 a.m. Wednesday at a woman’s residence on Bluewater Drive in Spring Hill, a sheriff’s report said.

The woman lives at the residence with a child, but the report did not indicate whether or not Messer knows the woman.

A man who lives near the Bluewater Drive address identified Messer as the naked man he found swimming in his pool earlier Wednesday.

Messer, who has tattoos depicting a rebel flag and himself as a “Klansman,” was charged with trespassing in a structure, unarmed burglary, and burglary of a dwelling, records show. He was being held in the Hernando County Jail on Thursday with bail at $21,000.

In 2011, Messer spent two days in the Hernando County Jail after he was arrested on a battery charge, records show.