OAKLAND — A local barber was sentenced to a year in jail for firing a shot at a Jeep containing his ex-girlfriend and their friends, after they bumped into one another at a local nightclub, court records show.
Leon Brown, 44, pleaded no contest to assault with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced in February to one year in jail, which can be reduced by half with good behavior, followed by three years of felony probation. He has also been ordered to stay away from his ex for 10 years, court records show.
Brown is in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and is scheduled for release in June. The shooting occurred Nov. 23, when the woman and her friends were out for a night on the town and happened to run into Brown at a bar. They said he appeared intoxicated when he approached them, and later fired one shot into their Jeep when it was idling outside. No one was struck by gunfire.
A defense sentencing memo says Brown, who owns his own barbershop in Richmond, has no history of violence and is “truly remorseful” for the incident.
“Mr. Brown has a very supportive family and a bright future,” the memo says.