By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
June 25, 2021
| 7:08 p.m.
A misdemeanor criminal charge has been filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in the case of a Santa Maria man accused of causing a crash that led to a motorcyclist’s death last year.
Leslie Leaney, 73, faces a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge in connection with the Dec. 19 crash on Highway 101 near Jonata Park Road north of Buellton.
Leaney, driving a Volkswagen eastbound on Jonata Road, crossed the southbound lanes of Highway 101 at Jonata and stopped in the center divider to enter the northbound lanes at about noon, according to the California Highway Patrol.