{"id":62581,"date":"2015-04-15T16:12:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T23:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=62581"},"modified":"2015-04-15T16:12:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T23:12:45","slug":"man-pleads-not-guilty-in-crash-that-killed-elderly-woman-sleeping-inside-lancaster-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/04\/15\/man-pleads-not-guilty-in-crash-that-killed-elderly-woman-sleeping-inside-lancaster-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Man pleads not guilty in crash that killed elderly woman sleeping inside Lancaster home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lancaster<\/a>
Lancaster resident Aaron Daniel Benson [left] allegedly crashed his pickup into several parked cars on both sides of the street as he moved westbound on Avenue J-12 before slamming into a 71-year-old woman\u2019s home and crushing her as she slept March 29.<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER – A man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and other felony charges for allegedly driving drunk and crashing his pickup truck into a Lancaster home last month, killing a 71-year-old woman who was sleeping inside.<\/p>\n

Aaron Daniel Benson<\/strong>, 25, of Lancaster, is charged with murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury within 10 years of another DUI offense, and driving with a 0.08 percent blood alcohol content causing injury within 10 years of another DUI offense.<\/p>\n

The criminal complaint alleges that he was previously convicted of DUI in October 2011.<\/p>\n

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The crash scene as it appeared Monday, March 30.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patricia Ann Holmes<\/strong>, who was alone in the house in the 1000 block of West Avenue J-12 at 10:55 p.m. March 29, was found in her bed underneath Benson\u2019s 2001 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. She was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Benson allegedly crashed his pickup into several parked cars on both sides of the street as he moved westbound on Avenue J-12 before slamming into the elderly woman\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

He was arrested soon afterward and has been in custody since then in lieu of $1 million bail.<\/p>\n

Benson is due back in a Lancaster courtroom April 29 for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial.<\/p>\n

If convicted as charged, Benson faces a possible maximum sentence of 15 years to life in state prison.<\/p>\n

The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Lancaster Station.<\/p>\n

[Information via City News Service.]<\/em><\/h4>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Murder charge filed in Lancaster home crash that killed sleeping elderly woman<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Suspected DUI driver crashes into Lancaster home, woman killed<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER – A man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and other felony charges for allegedly driving drunk and crashing his pickup truck into a Lancaster home last month, killing a 71-year-old woman who was sleeping inside. Aaron Daniel Benson, 25, of Lancaster, is charged with murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}