Suspect in child stabbing death clashes with police in California

CLEVELAND — The woman accused of killing a 3-year-old boy in North Olmsted got into an altercation with law enforcement in California.

New police records from Bakersfield, California, show Bionca Ellis was arrested at a hospital in January. Records show Ellis was accused of punching and kicking security guards and staff while refusing to leave after being released.

The officer found Ellis on the floor of an exam room and records show she told him she needed to be taken to jail for the assaults.

While in a squad car, Ellis told police she wanted to do something to stay in custody for at least two weeks, but she would not say why.

In February, an arrest warrant was issued when Ellis failed to appear in court.

In March, Ellis was in Kissimmee, Florida, where she was arrested for trespassing.

Court records reveal Ellis tried to rent a room at a hotel but had no money and refused to leave when asked.

She then told police she was on vacation in Ohio and wanted to go to jail.

“Alright Bionca, you know you have warrants,” North Olmsted police said. Ellis replied, “Oh, probably for here, yes.”

The comments were made on body camera video from May, when Ellis was arrested by police just days before the fatal attack outside the Giant Eagle.

Store surveillance video provided by police shows Ellis following the child and his mother out of the store. Authorities say they were attacked with a knife that Ellis stole from a thrift store in a random act of violence.

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The child's father spoke in court, asking that Ellis be kept behind bars.

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Ellis remains in jail on $5 million bail.