Damon Ellzey
Introduction
Damon Ellzey is a 50-year-old former member of the Amite City Council in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, who was booked on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, on one count of battery on a dating partner with serious injury. The charge stems from an incident four days earlier in which a woman was found with a significant head injury near a vehicle that had gone into a ditch along Fleming Cemetery Road and Highway 1054. Deputies said the woman told them she had been trying to get away from an alleged fight with Ellzey when she crashed while attempting to drive off. He is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty, and no plea has been entered.
Background Information
Ellzey served on the Amite City Council, the governing body of the small Tangipahoa Parish town, before his arrest — he is described in coverage of the case as a former council member rather than a sitting one. His public profile was otherwise low, and the reporting on his arrest contains no account of his tenure, committee work or prior electoral history. The case against him is the second battery allegation surfaced this year: in September he was already wanted in connection with an altercation in downtown Baton Rouge.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Arrested and charged; presumption of innocence.
Tangipahoa Parish sheriff’s deputies were called to the area of Fleming Cemetery Road and Highway 1054 in the early morning of 24 October 2026 after a crash was reported, according to the sheriff’s office account cited by WGNO. They found a woman near a vehicle that had gone into a ditch in front of a residence, with what the office described as a significant forehead injury. The woman told deputies she had been trying to get away from an alleged fight with Ellzey and crashed while attempting to drive away from the scene.
A warrant was issued for Ellzey, and deputies arrested him during a traffic stop. He was booked into custody on 4 November on one count of battery on a dating partner with serious injury — a felony count tied to the October incident. The reporting on the booking records no statement from Ellzey, no attorney appearance and no plea.
The November booking is not his only pending legal exposure. In September, Ellzey was wanted for second-degree battery after an alleged physical altercation outside the Raising Cane’s River Center in downtown Baton Rouge, according to WBRZ. That case began as a misdemeanor summons for simple battery before prosecutors upgraded it to felony second-degree battery. The outcome of the September case has not been made public.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The arrest drew coverage across the Baton Rouge market, with Hoodline, WGNO and WBRZ each reporting the booking and the earlier warrant. Because Ellzey is a former rather than sitting council member, no municipal body has issued a statement about the case, and Amite City has no ongoing employment relationship to sever — the consequence in his case is the prosecution itself rather than a removal from office.
The woman’s identity, her medical condition after the 24 October crash, and any response from Ellzey or an attorney representing him have not been released. Reporting also notes the earlier Baton Rouge case has produced no publicly announced resolution, leaving the elected-official-turned-defendant with two open felony battery matters in two parishes.
Current Status
Ellzey has been booked on the felony battery charge and, as of the latest reporting, no plea or court proceeding had been recorded in the Tangipahoa Parish case. The September second-degree battery warrant case in Baton Rouge also remains without a public outcome. Both cases are unadjudicated, and the allegations against him — including the account that the injured woman was fleeing an alleged fight with him when she crashed — are contested matters for the courts, not established findings.
Impact on Their Career/Life
Ellzey’s public career in Amite City government is over regardless of how the criminal cases resolve: he is a private citizen facing two felony battery counts in separate parishes, with the October case carrying a serious-injury allegation at its center. For the woman found injured by the ditch, the reporting leaves her medical condition unknown; for Ellzey, the bookings cap a year in which his name moved from the town’s council roster to two parish jail dockets.
Sources
- Hoodline, “Former Amite Councilman Arrested After Woman Found Injured in Ditch Near Highway 1054.” source