Leonard James Preston

On February 5, 2026, at 2217 hours, St. Paul police officers responded to a domestic on the 900 block of Reaney, St. Paul, Ramsey County. Officers found PDP, [DOB REDACTED], laying on her back on the floor. She was crying and shaking. She said that her son, Leonard James Preston, [DOB REDACTED], came over and pushed his way into her house. They had been fighting about a cell phone bill. He punched her multiple times in the face and chest. He put his hands around her neck and squeezed. He took her to the floor.

She could not breathe. She was lightheaded and had a sore throat and hoarse voice. Her other son, RDP, [DOB REDACTED], pulled Preston from his mother and told him to leave. Officers spoke to RDP who confirmed that he saw his brother choking and assaulting their mother. Officers arrested Preston as he was leaving the address in a vehicle. In a post-Miranda interview, Preston admitted that he pushed his mother down when she intervened in a fight with his brother. He said that he knelt down and put his hands around her neck.

He said he could not remember if it was one or both hands because he blacked out. Preston has prior convictions for Predatory Offender Registration Violation, Criminal Sexual Conduct in the 4th Degree, and Assault 3.