During the 2006 campaign, various politicos attempted to criticize Brad Ellsworth for his tenure as Vanderburgh County Sheriff. However, many will agree that the voters were more interested in simply seeing a "change" in representation at the federal level, thus electing Ellsworth in a landslide victory.

Well, it seems that one of those criticisms is now coming back to haunt Ellsworth and he will now be judged by a court of law.

The Evansville Courier & Press is reporting that relatives of two victims of a triple murder have filed suit against former Sheriff Brad Ellsworth, the Vanderburgh County Commissioners, and the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Department.

After numerous warnings (of stalking) from one of the eventual victims, county officials continued to allow Travis Moore to participate in their work release program. On April 22, 2005, Moore broke into his ex-girlfriend's apartment and shot and killed three people.

From the article, Fred Schultz (attorney for the plaintiffs) was quoted in saying,

This was just a complete breakdown. Moore was supposed to be serving time, but he was able to get a gun. Also, the sheriff's deparment was put on notice that Moore was harassing her before the shootings. These families want the system to work better so something like this doesn't happen again in the future.

To view a copy of the complaint filed in the Vanderburgh County Circuit Court and Federal Court, please click on the contained links.