An Orange County man accused of gunning down a 19-year-old diaper thief at an Orlando Walmart in February is out on bond, and one of the conditions of his release is he live at his sister’s home.
Lonnie Leonard’s neighbors, though, said he’s been living at his own residence since his release in September.
Leonard is charged with manslaughter and aggravated battery in the death of Arthur Adams, who was fleeing from Walmart employees at the store on Clarcona Ocoee Road.
He was initially being held on a $100,000 bond, but it was reduced to just over $25,000 in July.
Norman Mooney, who lives in the neighborhood where Leonard lived before his arrest, said the man immediately came home after his release.
“As soon as he came out (of jail), he pulled right up with his truck and his dogs, and (went) right back into the house,” Mooney said.
Mooney wrote a letter to the judge in Leonard’s case, complaining that he was violating the conditions of his release.
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Leonard had been a nuisance in the neighborhood, but it was peaceful while he was locked up, Mooney said.
When Channel 9 went to the neighborhood, reporter Jeff Deal found him at the house.
Leonard declined to comment when he was confronted about whether he was living there.
“I don’t want to talk about my case,” he said.
Leonard's sister, Pam Fleming, insisted that her brother was at the home visiting his girlfriend.
“For them saying he lives here, he don’t,” she said. “You know, he lives with me.”
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Numerous residents in the neighborhood, though, said Leonard has been living at the home -- not with his sister -- since his release.
Prosecutors have asked the judge in Leonard’s case to revoke his pre-trial release and send him back to jail.
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