GUILTY IN - Two killed, 7 injured as explosion rocks Indy neighborhood, 10 Nov 2012

[OkieGranny]

http://cbs4indy.com/2016/01/11/bob-...-before-richmond-hill-trial-starts-next-week/

During several phone calls and one face-to-face interview inside the Marion County Jail, Bob Leonard Jr. pledged to speak up for himself in the courtroom of Allen Superior Judge Frances Gull, “because I’m innocent…because there are things that the State’s trying to suppress in this case that shows that I’m innocent”...

Leonard said he had been introduced to Shirley weeks before the explosion when he re-established contact with his half-brother after the pair had been estranged for several years.

“Mark Leonard is a jinx... everything he touches turns to crap,” said Leonard in a monitored phone call from inside the jail.

 

[meanmaryjean]

http://www.wthr.com/story/30991608/2nd-suspect-faces-trial-in-deadly-richmond-hill-explosion

He is bound and determined to take the stand. This should be interesting.

 

[PastTense]

The magnitude of the Richmond Hill Explosion began to unfold for jurors this week as the trial of Bob Leonard, Jr., began in Allen County. Marion County Deputy Prosecutor Denise Robinson told the 18 members of the jury the State would lay out its case against Leonard "brick-by-brick." The first bricks were the testimony of the first firefighters to arrive on scene the night of the explosion. Jurors also heard recordings of dozens of often-frantic 911 calls that poured in to dispatched from around the city...

Jurors were ordered Friday to return to court Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. Judge Frances Gull admonished them not to read, speak about or research anything related to the trial while outside of the courtroom.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/...-hill-trial-neighbors-recall-fear-devastation

LIVE BLOG: Richmond Hill neighbors testify about the night of the explosion
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/...bors-testify-about-the-night-of-the-explosion

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Indianapolis man, 57, is convicted of murder, arson and insurance fraud for his role in 2012 house explosion that killed two neighbors and devastated a subdivision

Jurors convicted Bob Leonard, 57, on all of the 51 counts he was facing

The verdict came seven months after Leonard's half brother, Mark Leonard, was convicted of being the mastermind behind the Nov. 10, 2012, explosion

It damaged or destroyed more than 80 homes

Killed were Jennifer and John 'Dion' Longworth

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cted-murder-home-explosion.html#ixzz41BFFJA4x

 

[meanmaryjean]

Indianapolis man, 57, is convicted of murder, arson and insurance fraud for his role in 2012 house explosion that killed two neighbors and devastated a subdivision

Jurors convicted Bob Leonard, 57, on all of the 51 counts he was facing

The verdict came seven months after Leonard's half brother, Mark Leonard, was convicted of being the mastermind behind the Nov. 10, 2012, explosion

It damaged or destroyed more than 80 homes

Killed were Jennifer and John 'Dion' Longworth

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cted-murder-home-explosion.html#ixzz41BFFJA4x

The brothers will never draw another free breath. What remains to be seen is what sentence will be imposed on Monserrat Shirley. My daughter actually worked with her before she (Shirley) had her license to practice nursing yanked by the Board. I hope Ms. Shirley also never draws a breath as a free woman ever again.

 

[0101ABA]

An Indianapolis man could be sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in a 2012 house explosion that killed two and destroyed or damaged more than 80 homes.

Allen Superior Judge Frances Gull is scheduled to sentence 57-year-old Bob Leonard on Friday afternoon.

http://bigstory.ap.org/e63e301c1dca445aa12148e9847d8082

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Sentenced to life in prison

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-faces-life-sentence-deadly-house-blast.html

 

[meanmaryjean]

http://wishtv.com/2016/12/19/sentencing-for-richmond-hill-suspect-monserrate-shirley-begins-monday/

HER sentencing hearing begins this morning. It's -4 in Indianapolis, which I hope is how cold Hell is when she is released from prison.

 

[meanmaryjean]

50 YEARS!!!!!

http://wishtv.com/2016/12/20/shirley-sentenced-of-50-years-for-role-in-deadly-richmond-hill-explosion/

 

[PastTense]

"50 years"

Not exactly:

A judge gave Shirley credit for time served, and with good behavior she may have to serve just 21 years of the 50 year sentence. If that is the case, Shirley will be 71, when she is released.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://cbs4indy.com/2017/01/30/mark...-faces-trial-in-alleged-murder-for-hire-plot/

Mark Leonard, who’s already serving life without parole for his role in the deadly November 2012 explosion in the Richmond Hill subdivision, faces another trial this week...

Prosecutors said Leonard wanted to hire a hit man to kill a key witness...

Two friends of the Leonards were sentenced in the case. Gary Thompson is serving a 20-year sentence for his role in the explosion. Glenn Hults was sentenced to 1.5 years plus six months on work release.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/01/man-imprisoned-for-blast-convicted-in-murder-for-hire-plot.html

A man serving two life sentences in a deadly Indianapolis house explosion has been convicted of a murder-for-hire charge...

The Marion County prosecutor's office says a jury returned the conspiracy to commit murder verdict Tuesday evening.

Sentencing is Feb. 8.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/...d-sentenced-50-years-hit-man-scheme/97643196/

Mark Leonard, the mastermind of the deadly Richmond Hill explosion, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for trying to hire a hit man to kill a witness.

 

[meanmaryjean]

http://wishtv.com/2018/01/30/mark-leonard-convicted-in-richmond-hill-explosion-dies-in-prison/

Mark Leonard dies in prison.