Perryville man charged with assault in year-old case

A Perryville, Missouri, man is facing assault charges in connection with a year-old case involving the son of a former Perryville police chief.

Jordan A. McRoberts, 21, was charged Thursday with two counts of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, after a February 2014 altercation with two brothers, Arnold and Allan Dodds, online court records show.

According to a probable-cause statement by officer Amber Crites, the Perry County Sheriff's Office received a call from Roger Dodds just before 11:30 p.m. Feb. 22, 2014, reporting his sons had been assaulted.

When deputy Robert Ludwig arrived at the house, Arnold and Allan Dodds reported being assaulted by three or four men on the county road near Roger Dodds' mailbox, Crites wrote.

They said they saw a four-door Ford 4x4 diesel truck they didn't recognize, and Ludwig spoke with other witnesses who said the truck's license plate number was concealed by tape, according to Crites' statement.

Arnold and Allan Dodds were taken by personal vehicle to the emergency room, where Allan Dodds was treated for an injury to his center scalp and right eyebrow that required sutures, according to the statement.

Medical records showed Arnold Dodds had two injuries to his forehead and a wound to his left shoulder, Crites wrote.

On Jan. 15, Crites received information about the assault and interviewed McRoberts, Evan Tarrillion, McCaulin Bartley, Joshua Phillips and Wyatt Terbrak, she wrote. Tarrillion is the son of former Perryville police chief Keith Tarrillion and former Perryville Board of Aldermen candidate Shannon Tarrillion.

McRoberts said he was not involved in the assault and didn't wish to give a written statement, according to the probable-cause statement.

The other witnesses described an altercation that occurred after Tarrillion, who was driving, stopped the truck on a county road.

Tarrillion told police he, McRoberts, Bartley, Phillips and Terbrak were riding in his 2004 Ford F250 the night of Feb. 22, 2014, when McRoberts told him to drive to a particular county road.

Tarrillion said McRoberts exited the truck and struck a man with his fists, at which point everyone got out of the truck, and as Tarrillion stood nearby, a second man struck him in the chin with a flashlight, Crites wrote.

Tarrillion said Terbrak then kicked the second man in the face, and the group left and went to a gas station, where Phillips and Terbrak told police Tarrillion treated his injuries.

The statement shows the other witnesses gave similar accounts of the evening, with Terbrak and Phillips reporting McRoberts placed duct tape over the truck's license plates when the group stopped on the county road.

McRoberts is scheduled to be arraigned on his charges at 9 a.m. March 31.

This is not the only time McRoberts has been in trouble with the law recently.

He appeared in court Feb. 10 on charges of unlawful use of a weapon, receiving stolen property and peace disturbance in connection with a Dec. 14 report of shots fired.

Crites pulled McRoberts over in a truck matching the description of the one used in the incident, where police found two .40-caiber handguns, a mailbox that had been reported stolen and ammunition matching that found at the scene, according to a probable-cause statement filed Jan. 14 in connection with the case.

He also was charged in January with second-degree property damage in connection with allegations he shot a sign advertising a Perry County, Missouri, business in November. His next court appearance in that case is set for April 7.

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