PERRYVILLE — Through a continued investigation and with the assistance of the Cape Girardeau Police Department and U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, the Perry County Sheriff’s Office has identified and arrested two suspects from an incident occurring in Perry County on October 05, 2022.
The two individuals arrested are: Terry S. Willis of St. Louis, Missouri and
Ivy A. Dickerson of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Both individuals have been charged with one count each of first degree assault or attempt, first degree tampering with a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident, and two counts each of resisting or Interfering with arrest for a felony.
Willis and Dickerson are being held at the Perry County Jail on $100,000 cash only bond.
All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a Court of Law.
For further information on the incident here is the original news release concerning the incident which led to the charges just announced.
On Wednesday, October 05, 2022, at approximately 9:30 am, two deputies from the Perry County Sheriff Department were investigating a possible stolen vehicle near State Highway B and Interstate 55, near Biehle, MO.
The deputies located a vehicle matching the description traveling northbound on Interstate 55 near the 123-mile marker.
The deputies activated their emergency equipment to initiate a traffic stop with the vehicle, but the suspect vehicle failed to yield. The suspect vehicle left the roadway near the 126-mile marker, traveling northbound in the southbound lane of I-55 for a short period.
The driver of the patrol vehicle attempted to change travel directions in the designated interstate turn-a-round, where the suspect vehicle crashed head-on into the patrol vehicle, rendering it inoperable.
The suspect vehicle continued north on Interstate 55, before crashing off the roadway near the 127-mile marker and catching fire.
A witness to the events observed two black males exit the suspect vehicle and leave the crash scene on foot, traveling east through a field toward the Highway K and Highway B intersection.
At approximately 9:34 am, a Perry County resident reported his home security camera captured images of two black males running through his yard, toward Perry County Road 501, providing law enforcement with both video and photographic evidence of the two suspects.
A search of the area surrounding the suspect sighting was immediately conducted, and public safety alerts were sent to the community.
The two deputies involved in the head-on collision with the suspect vehicle were assessed at first crash scene by EMS, then later by the Perry County Memorial Hospital.