Ebon Ellis Made Threats Against The Lives Of Mayor Winnecke and EPD Officers

This morning around 3 a.m. Ebon Laurent Ellis (25) made a live Facebook video. In this live video, he made threats against the lives of Officer Phillip Smith, Chief Billy Bolin, and Mayor Lloyd Winnecke.  During his video, he was also asking for others to carry out acts of violence against these public officials.  Later that morning, in a separate video, he also made threats to City Council President Alex Burton.

 Based on what Ellis said and gestures he made during his video toward public officials, the detective office immediately contacted the prosecutor’s office and a warrant was signed by a judge for his arrest. 

Ellis was found in the downtown area by the Evansville Viper Unit and brought to police headquarters where he continued to make threats to those public officials. 

Ellis was ultimately charged with 4 counts of felony intimidation and is currently at the Vanderburgh County Corrections Center.

Due to the length of Ellis’ original video, segments of the video have been provided along with the press release.