"Berkeley police advised her to drive to the police station, where an officer waited and arrested Leonardo when he showed up nearby, authorities said. The officer got Leonardo out of the car at gunpoint and searched it. Inside, authorities say they found a pistol, condoms, a flashlight Taser, a BB gun that resembled a real firearm, and gloves. Inside the trunk authorities found multiple sex-toy silicon flashlights and used socks, an officer wrote in court filings."
"The suspect, Nolan Leonardo, 36, has eight prior felony convictions. On Dec. 2, prosecutors in Alameda County charged him with five felonies related to his alleged possession of a firearm or ammunition, as well as two misdemeanors alleging he had drugs in the car. Leonardo was arrested Nov. 29, after a woman called police around 2 a.m. and reported that a car was following her from San Francisco."
"The Berkeley Scanner news site reported that in 2023, the Salvation Army in San Francisco highlighted Leonardo's story, praising him for leaving the depths of addiction and darkness on the streets to find a glimmber of hope at the Salvation Army. After years of struggling with substance abuse and constantly finding himself in and out of institutions and custody, he finally found his way to The Way Out program, the social media posts said, according to the Scanner. The posts have since been deleted."
Nolan Leonardo, 36, was arrested Nov. 29 after a woman reported a car followed her from San Francisco to Berkeley around 2 a.m. An officer waiting at the police station arrested him nearby, removed him at gunpoint, and searched the vehicle. Police say they found a pistol, condoms, a flashlight Taser, a BB gun resembling a real firearm, gloves, and multiple sex-toy silicon flashlights in the trunk. Alameda County prosecutors charged him Dec. 2 with five felonies for alleged firearm or ammunition possession and two misdemeanors for drugs. Leonardo has eight prior felony convictions, mainly home burglaries. A judge released him without bail with a gun possession ban; next court date Jan. 9, 2026.
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