A Burnsville teenager was sentenced to a juvenile facility and received a suspended adult prison sentence after pleading guilty to hitting and killing two people while street racing his sister in 2021.
Leon Bond, now 19, was 17 when the car he was driving struck an SUV carrying two 22-year-olds on County Road 42 in Burnsville on April 4, 2021. He was charged with two counts of third-degree murder as a juvenile and pleaded guilty Jan. 12.
Bond's sentence includes probation until he turns 21, a "long-term" stay in the Red Wing juvenile facility and other conditions. His stayed, 25-year adult jail sentence will not be imposed unless he violates his extended juvenile probation.
The two who died in the crash were Dalton Lee Ford of Burnsville and Tayler Nicole Garza of Woodbury.
According to the criminal complaint against Bond's 21-year-old sister, Camille Dennis-Bond:
Bond was traveling east that morning between Burnsville Parkway and Newton Avenue in a white Chrysler 200. He was racing side by side with a Chevy Malibu driven by Dennis-Bond.
Bond then T-boned Ford's Honda CR-V as it attempted to make a left turn to cross over to Newton Avenue, causing it to split in half. Ford and Garza died at the scene.
Bond and his twin sister, who was in the passenger seat of his car, were both injured and taken to the hospital. The twin's injuries included fractures, and she underwent surgeries and a six-week hospitalization.
