Burnsville woman, who was racing teen brother, gets 15-year prison term for Wisconsin couple’s crash deaths

A 21-year-old lady was sentenced to fifteen years in jail Friday after being convicted of homicide in a high-speed crash in 2021 in Burnsville that killed a younger couple.

Camille Lashay Dennis-Bond of Burnsville was sentenced by Dakota County District Choose Tim Wermager in reference to the crash that killed 22-year-old Tayler Nicole Garza of Woodbury and 22-year-old Dalton Lee Ford of Burnsville.

A Dakota County jury in December convicted Dennis-Bond of two counts of third-degree homicide, two counts of felony vehicular murder, felony vehicular operation leading to nice bodily hurt and careless driving.

In response to court docket paperwork, Dennis-Bond was racing in opposition to a automotive pushed by her brother, who was 17 on the time. 5 seconds earlier than the crash, Leon Bond III reached 114 mph. Leon Bond’s Chrysler 200 T-boned a Honda-CRV — Ford was the motive force and Garza, the passenger. Dennis-Bond’s Chevrolet Malibu narrowly missed the Honda.

The collision occurred on Dakota County Street 42 close to Newton Avenue about 10:30 a.m. April 4, 2021. It was Easter Sunday. The velocity restrict within the space was 50 mph.

Dennis-Bond and her brother have been charged Oct. 28, 2021, after the completion of a Minnesota State Patrol crash reconstruction report. In response to court docket data, Dennis-Bond was cited in September 2021 for driving with a suspended license and the following month for driving 59 mph in a 35-mph zone. She was additionally cited for rushing 3 times in 2020.

Final Might, Dennis-Bond was cited by the State Patrol for driving 79 mph in a 60-mph zone alongside Interstate 494 in Minnetonka, court docket data present.

In January, Leon Bond pleaded responsible to 2 counts of third-degree homicide and was given juvenile probation till age 21.

Dakota County District Choose Christopher Lehmann sentenced Bond to 25 years in jail. Nevertheless, pursuant to prolonged juvenile jurisdiction, execution of the grownup sentence was stayed and Bond was positioned on juvenile probation with a number of circumstances, together with completion of a long-term program at Pink Wing Correctional Facility, in line with the legal professional’s workplace.

Ford and Garza, who initially have been from Prescott, Wis., regarded one another because the love of their lives, in line with their obituaries. Each Ford and Garza labored at Vino within the Valley in Maiden Rock, Wis. — he was a prepare dinner and she or he a bartender. Ford additionally labored as an auto technician at Luther White Bear Acura and Garza as a staff lead at Goal in Woodbury.