Woman charged in crash with bike
BENTONVILLE — A woman charged with killing her grandmother pleaded innocent Monday, July 16, to charges that she intentionally hit a bicyclist with her vehicle.
Andrea Lea Wilson, 26, of Bentonville pleaded innocent to aggravated assault and battery before Circuit Judge Robin Green.
Bentonville police officers went to an incident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at 1:42 a.m. May 15 at Southwest Regional Airport Boulevard and Southwest Maple Road, according to court documents. A police officer found a gold Honda Accord stuck on top of a large boulder and a severely damaged bicycle.
Jonathan Hampton told prosecutors he was riding the bicycle with a headlight and taillight, and as he crossed the intersection he was hit by a car, according to an affidavit. Hampton said he fell, heard an engine “rev” when the car came back at him and he got up and ran, according to the affidavit.
Wilson is charged with capital murder in connection with her grandmother’s death. Ruby Ross, 81, was found dead May 16 in her Pea Ridge home. Wilson is accused of hitting her grandmother with a hammer, according to court documents.
Detectives with the Benton County Sheriff ’s Office found a bloody hammer with white hair in an outhouse behind Ross’ house, according to an affidavit. A trash bag contained the hammer, rubber gloves with blood on them, a large butcher knife and bank statements with Andrea Wilson’s name on the documents.
Wilson’s next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 6.
She is being held in lieu of $850,000 bond in the Benton County Jail.