BENTONVILLE — An Arkansas woman accused of killing her grandmother has been arrested again and is now accused intentionally hitting a bicyclist with her vehicle.
Andrea Lea Wilson, 26, appeared in court Wednesday for a bond hearing after her arrest on felony charges of aggravated assault and battery.
Wilson was already being held in lieu $750,000 bond in the Benton County jail. She is charged with capital murder and tampering in the killing of her grandmother.
Circuit Judge Robin Green set Wilson's second bond at $100,000.
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 reportedly found a bloody hammer with white hair in an outhouse behind Ross' house. The hammer was in a trash bag with rubber gloves with blood on them, a large butcher-type knife and bank statements with Andrea Wilson's name on the documents.
Bentonville police officers were sent to a vehicle-pedestrian crash at 1:42 a.m. May 15 at the intersection of Southwest Regional Airport Boulevard and Southwest Maple Road, court documents show.
According to a probable cause affidavit, 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 on the sidewalk on a bicycle with a headlight and taillight, and as he crossed the intersection in the crosswalk, he was hit by a car. Hampton said he fell and then heard an engine "rev." The car came back at him, and he got up and ran, the affidavit states.
Hampton told police he saw a woman in the car yelling and wagging her finger at him.
Wilson told police she lost control of her car that caused her to drive into the crosswalk and hit Hampton, court documents show. She reportedly said she "blacked out" and woke up after she struck the boulder, not realizing she hit Hampton.
Police didn't find any signs that Wilson was intoxicated, according to the affidavit.
Shane Wilkinson, Wilson's attorney, told the judge his client was issued a citation for reckless or careless driving after the crash.
He added that police were aware of the wreck and that she was arrested on the felony charges only after she was accused in the murder case.
"This is revisionist history," Wilkinson said.
Judge Green set the additional $100,000 bond and ordered Wilson not to have any contact with Hampton.
"She has no idea who he is," Wilkinson said. "That's not going to be a problem."
Wilson is scheduled to appear in court again July 16.
