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   From: schilling@usmtf.org   
      
   A felon accused of gunning down a 50-year-old man in a drive-by attack on   
   the edge of the Morongo Indian Reservation northeast of Banning was   
   charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and other offenses.   
      
   Robert Eugene Leonard, 43, of Beaumont, was arrested over the weekend   
   following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the   
   slaying of Orlando Lara of Banning.   
      
   Along with murder, Leonard was charged with being a felon in possession of   
   a loaded firearm, being in possession of controlled substances while   
   armed, a special circumstance allegation of perpetrating a murder in a   
   drive-by and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.   
      
   The defendant made his initial court appearance Wednesday before Superior   
   Court Judge Jay Kiel, who appointed him a public defender and scheduled   
   his arraignment for July 16 at the Banning Justice Center.   
      
   Leonard is being held without bail at the Robert Presley Jail in   
   Riverside.   
      
   Lara’s remains were discovered shortly before 11 p.m. June 25 in the 47000   
   block of Morongo Road, near Cottonwood Road, along the upper boundary of   
   the reservation, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Alberto Loureiro.   
      
   He said passers-by discovered the remains and called 911.   
      
   “Upon arrival, deputies found the male with a traumatic injury,” Loureiro   
   said, confirming there were “obvious signs” the victim had been shot to   
   death.   
      
   The likely circumstances and motive were not disclosed.   
      
   Within two days, Central Homicide Unit detectives amassed sufficient   
   evidence pointing to Leonard as the alleged shooter.   
      
   He was tracked to a residence on the reservation, where he was taken into   
   custody without incident late Friday night.   
      
   Court records did not list Leonard’s prior convictions, where occurred in   
   another jurisdiction.   
      
   https://mynewsla.com/crime/2025/07/02/felon-charged-with-gunning-down-man-   
   on-morongo-reservation/   
      
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