A man already convicted of murder in Oklahoma City is now accused of threatening to kill Gov. Kevin Stitt and members of his family in a string of online posts. Eldejuan Leandre Neal was charged with two counts of threatening an act of violence, along with failing to comply with the state's registration law for violent offenders.
According to KOKH Fox 25, Neal allegedly made the threats against Stitt and his family through posts on Facebook under the username Yehuda Yehudi. Court documents cited by the station say that on September 29, Neal posted threats to kill Kevin Stitt and J.K. Stitt, and investigators say he also posted a threat to kill Sarah Stitt's sons. Kevin Stitt is the sitting governor of Oklahoma.
Court documents reviewed in the case reportedly show Neal claiming to be “the only governor in the land,” according to a probable cause affidavit referenced in the station's report. He allegedly said he would be executing judgment on oppressors and government officials, and investigators say he believed people had been wrongfully incarcerated and were being punished by the government.
A Violent Past and a Broken Promise to Register
Neal's criminal history stretches back nearly two decades. He was convicted of second-degree murder in 2008 and sentenced to 22 years in prison, per the same report. Officials say he was released from prison in June, just months before the alleged threats surfaced online.
After his release, Neal allegedly failed to report for probation and failed to register with local law enforcement as a violent criminal, as required under state law. That failure led authorities to open an investigation into a parole violation and failure to register, the station's reporting indicates. Oklahoma Department of Corrections investigators say they received information from law enforcement about Neal's disturbing online behavior, as described in a probable cause affidavit.
The Law Behind the Registration Charge
The charge tied to Neal's alleged failure to register stems from Oklahoma's violent offender registration statute, formally known in state legislative records as the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act. The cited legislative document is Oklahoma House Bill HB1853. The requirement obligates certain convicted violent offenders to register with local law enforcement after release, a step prosecutors say Neal never completed.
Not an Isolated Pattern Nationally
Cases involving alleged online threats against elected officials and law enforcement have surfaced elsewhere in recent years, though each case stands on its own facts. The U.S. Department of Justice announced federal charges against a Colorado man accused of making a series of online threats toward election officials in Colorado and Arizona, a state judge, and federal law enforcement agents. In Arizona, a man was charged with making terrorist threats after he allegedly threatened to kill Gov. Katie Hobbs and her family, according to ABC News. And closer to home, KFOR reported on a separate Oklahoma case in which a McLoud man faced charges after allegedly posting online threats against federal agents.
Details about Neal's booking, bond, court date, or current custody status have not been made public in available reporting. The charges against Neal remain allegations at this stage of the case.
