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Pontiac Woman Arraigned in Fatal Hit-and-Run as Judge Sets $750,000 Bond

She turned herself in Oct. 1 with an outstanding Macomb County probation-violation warrant.

Overview

  • Leeann Jean Darling, 36, is charged with three felonies, including two counts carrying up to 15 years, in the Sept. 1 Pontiac crash.
  • The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office says she ran a red light at Woodward Avenue and Perry Street, where a 2009 Harley-Davidson struck the side of her 2010 GMC Terrain.
  • Motorcyclist Jack Leverne Turnblom, 49, died at a hospital that night, and his 44-year-old passenger was treated and later released.
  • Darling allegedly fled the scene on foot before investigators identified her; she surrendered on Oct. 1 and remains in the county jail.
  • A probable cause conference is set for Oct. 14, and Sheriff Michael Bouchard publicly condemned leaving the victims after the collision.