Pevely Police are looking for a 48-year-old Smithville man in connection with a road-rage incident on Feb. 21 when two people allegedly were assaulted. The incident happened about 1:30 p.m. at Hwy. Z and I-55, according to a report from Capt. Tony Moutray.
The two victims, a 29-year-old Farmington man, who was driving a blue 2014 GMC Terrain, and his passenger – a 55-year-old Bismarck woman – told police they were traveling south on I-55 when the suspect, driving a white, Ford F350 pickup, began to tailgate the vehicle, Moutray said.
The pair exited on the southbound ramp, and the suspect followed them. Both vehicles then pulled over, Moutray said.
“As the vehicles stopped at the bottom of the southbound exit ramp, the male victim and male suspect exited their vehicles,” Moutray said. “The male suspect shoved the male victim to the ground causing his glasses (valued at $200) to come off of his face and break.
“When the female victim saw this, she exited the vehicle and was ‘backhanded’ on the left side of her face, causing scratches and reddening of her jaw. A few days later her jaw was swollen and bruised.”
The suspect then fled westbound on Hwy. Z, Moutray reported.
He said the victims did not know the alleged assailant.
Police identified the Smithville man as a suspect, after tracing the pickup’s license plate number, Moutray said.
The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Pevely Police Department at 636-475-5301, Moutray said.