Tamaroa Man Arrested after Alleged Assault With a Pickup Truck

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[On Sunday July 1, 2012 at approximately 2:30 a.m., Perry County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call in reference to a reckless driver.

The caller stated he was northbound on Route 127 heading towards Pinckneyville and a subject driving a large pickup truck was trying to run them off the road. Caller stated this happened several times.

Perry County Deputies came upon the vehicles and conducted a traffic stop. After speaking with the victim and his witnesses and the driver of the suspect truck, deputies arrested the driver of the truck.

Arrested was Shannon Wallace (28) Tamaroa . Wallace was charged with four counts of reckless driving and four counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle. He was incarcerated in the Perry County Jail awaiting bond to be set by a Judge.

Wallace is the same man charged in the alleged beating of Jorge Perez at a local powder paint coating shop in April.

The investigation is continuing and more charges may be forthcoming.