A man whose initial felony case was filed 15 years ago when he was a teenager was back in Baxter County Circuit Court/Criminal Division November 17.
Thirty-five-year-old Timothy Allan Clark, who lists an address along Grado Lane in Mountain Home, pled guilty to the charges against him and was sentenced to six years in prison.
He is alleged to have stolen a car, wrecked it on Jordan Road and left the scene.
He then had the bad luck to be spotted at a marina owned by the man who had initially called 911 about the accident.
During an earlier court session, Clark entered a not guilty plea to his the charges associated with the incident including theft of property, being a felon in possession of a firearm, leaving the scene of an accident and violating probation.
His bond was set at $25,000.
The new charges also triggered a revocation petition in a case that had been decided on June 23.
LATEST CHARGE INFORMATION
According to the probable cause affidavit, a Baxter County sheriff’s deputy responded to the report of an accident July 22. The deputy found a vehicle, a 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe, in a ditch along Jordan Road. At the time he arrived, the deputy reported no one was around it.
The person who initially reported the accident said one man had been in the car when he came upon the scene. The man in the car was reported to have said he did not need medical attention and was waiting on a tow truck.
On the day of the accident, a victim called the sheriff’s office to report his car had been stolen from his driveway along U.S. Highway 62 East. The victim said a .22 rifle had been in the backseat.
The deputy who worked the accident said he had not seen a weapon in the wrecked car.
The next day, the man who had made the initial call to 911 called the sheriff’s office and said the male he had seen with the wrecked car had been spotted at his business apparently to apply for a job.
A deputy went to the business and detained the man, who was identified as Clark, and brought him in for questioning.
Clark is reported to have admitted stealing the car and said the gun in the vehicle had been sold to someone to raise money for gas.
He refused to divulge the name of the buyer.
Clark’s charges included motor vehicle theft, theft of property, being a felon in possession of a firearm, three counts of vandalism and a traffic violation.
The new crime also triggered a petition to revoke his probation in a case that was also filed this year.
Through the years, six felony cases have been opened on Clark in which he has been charged with a variety of crimes including residential burglary, fleeing, breaking or entering, obstructing governmental operations, 3rd degree escape, attempting to steal merchandise from Walmart, being in possession of drugs, stealing drugs from a medical cart while an inmate in the Baxter County Detention Center, drug fraud, being drunk in public, and stealing a bottle of liquor.
Clark has been put on probation and served time in both the state prison system and the Baxter County Detention Center.
According to the jail log, Clark has been booked into the facility 33 times.
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