Two men arrested in connection with police hit-and-run

Two men were arrested in connection with a hit-and-run with the police in early October. 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 5, 2022.
Terry S. Willis of St. Louis and Ivy A. Dickerson of Cape Girardeau were arrested and both individuals have been charged with one count each of Assault 1st degree or Attempt, Tampering with a Motor Vehicle 1st degree, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, and two counts each of Resisting/Interfering with Arrest for a Felony.
On Wednesday, October 5, 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. 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.
The two suspects were not located until this week in connection with the incident that put Perry County schools on lockdown that day, along with a man hunt that went for more than one week.
Both Willis and Dickerson are being held at the Perry County Jail on $100,000.00 cash only bond.