Press Release: People v. Homan, Daniel Joseph, 5/28/09

May 28, 2009

Bradford R. Fenocchio

District Attorney

PLACER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

10810 Justice Center Drive, Suite 240
Roseville, California 95678

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Date: May 28, 2009

Contact:

Art Campos

Public information Officer

916-543-8076

Scott Owens

Acting Assistant District Attorney

916-543-8000

MAN WHO STOLE AND WRECKED TWO CARS FACING MORE THAN 18 YEARS IN STATE PRISON

A 21-year-old Citrus Heights man who stole two vehicles - and wrecked them both - has pleaded guilty to four felony charges in a Placer County courtroom and faces a maximum state prison sentence of 18 years and four months.

Daniel Joseph Homan entered his plea on May 19 before Placer County Superior Court Judge Larry D. Gaddis, who set the sentencing date for July 9.

Placer County Deputy District Attorney Rick Opich said Homan pleaded out to two counts of residential burglary, one count of possession of a stolen vehicle and one count of fleeing from an officer while driving recklessly.

Opich said the defendant broke into homes on separate occasions in May 2008, took car keys in the burglaries and drove away in the victims’ vehicles.

In one case, Homan abandoned a vehicle taken in Roseville after a solo crash in Citrus Heights, Opich said.

In the other, the defendant took a vehicle in Citrus Heights, was chased into Roseville by a California Highway Patrol officer and crashed in a creek, Opich said. The defendant was caught as he tried to run away, he said.

In addition to pleading to four charges, Homan admitted to having a prior strike and to having a prior serious felony, Opich said. The admissions have enhanced his potential sentence, he said.