ONEAL, THOMAS HENDRICKS Age at Arrest: 39 Date of Birth: 04/29/1981 Arresting Agency: Hamilton County Last Date of Arrest: 09/04/2020 Charge(s): HARASSMENTThomas O’Neal, founder of Signal Mountain Farm, has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an incident in which he kicked a woman’s door in and threatened to cause her harm. And attorneys for a second woman are seeking to appeal the denial of a temporary order of protection against him.
O’Neal, 39, was first arrested on Aug. 18 after a woman showed police where her door was broken near its bottom hinges, and the wall to which the hinges were connected was “peeled off and broken.”
He was charged with aggravated criminal trespass, vandalism and harassment. The trespassing charge was dismissed, though O’Neal pleaded guilty to the remaining charges. He received a suspended sentence of one year on probation and 15 days of community service.
A few weeks after his first arrest, O’Neal was again arrested for reportedly sending harassing text messages to a second woman.
That woman has said she believed the texts were intended to scare her so that she wouldn’t speak openly about the abuse he inflicted upon her several years ago after the news of his first arrest, something the woman’s attorney argues O’Neal was concerned about due to his reputation as a commercial organic farmer who supplies supermarkets and local restaurants.