62-year-old David Hippensteel of Princeton was arrested Wednesday after police say he made several threats to Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke.
The affidavit claims he mailed several handwritten letters and sent several emails to the mayor, demanding he direct Police Chief Billy Bolin to open an investigation into a 2016 case involving Indiana State Police where he was charged with resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct.
He was convicted and sentenced to probation.
It also shows another handwritten letter was mailed to the Mayor’s Office last month.
In that letter, Hippensteel allegedly stated Mayor Winnecke has no spine and he could “smash Mayor Winnecke’s head like a watermelon.”
It says on September 3, Hippensteel called the office and demanded a face to face meeting.
In that conversation, he allegedly claimed he knew the mayor’s schedule for the weekend.
Hippensteel was booked into jail Wednesday afternoon and is being held on a $2,750 bond.
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