A Mountain Home man with an open court case on charges of domestic battery and terroristic threatening in Marion County is now facing eight new charges following a harrowing incident on September 11th.According to the probable cause affidavit, 40-year-old Thomas James Archey has been charged with felony counts of aggravated assault, first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and fleeing/eluding in a motor vehicle. Archey also faces misdemeanor counts of harassment, violation of a no contact order, reckless driving, improper passing a vehicle on the left and disorderly conduct.The charges stem from an incident reportedly beginning in Lakeview, when a female victim told law enforcement Archey attempted to run her vehicle off the road. She fled, observing Archey turning around to pursue her vehicle. She entered the state park at Lakeview, where Archey allegedly attempted to block her in.
The victim said she fled to a convenience store in Lakeview and then on to the Lakeview Police Department, as she continued to attempt to evade Archey.
She then left Lakeview believing she was no longer being pursued. Traveling in the southbound lane of State Highway 178, the victim approached Archey’s vehicle, and the Mountain Home man recognized her. The woman said Archey traveled into her lane in what she believed to be an attempt to hit her vehicle head-on. She took evasive action, with her vehicle traveling off the roadway to avoid a collision.
She told law enforcement later, she was “terrified” and in fear of her life and that of her infant daughter traveling with her.
At 2:30 that afternoon, Bull Shoals police responded to the woman’s call from the parking lot of a store where she was locked in her vehicle with her daughter, with Archey approaching.
As the woman provided a description of Archey and his vehicle, the Mountain Home man passed the officer at a “very high rate of speed.” The officer observed the vehicle accelerate while passing four vehicles on a double yellow line, as well as a truck taking evasive action to avoid a head-on collision.
The officer terminated his pursuit noting his belief to continue would place other motorists in harm. The officer had already relayed Archey’s vehicle description to a Lakeview police officer en route to Bull Shoals.
Archey was arrested Saturday, with bond set at $25,000.
In February, Archey was arrested following a violent domestic battery incident in Bull Shoals when he is alleged to have assaulted a woman six months pregnant.
Archey fled the scene after the victim advised he “head butted” her in the face. He then struck her in the nose with his fist, while threatening to kill her. She said she was almost onto the front porch of her residence when Archey grabbed her and threw her off the raised driveway, a height of two to three feet.
Officers from three agencies assisted in a search for Archey with negative results. A BOLO was issued for Archey in Baxter, Marion and Boone counties.
Archey was arrested three days later and charged with felony counts of first-degree domestic battery involving a pregnant woman and terroristic threatening, along with a misdemeanor count of third-degree battery.
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