Man charged after allegedly fleeing police across county lines
September 25, 2019
Isaac Estes-Jones
A Cassville man is in the Stone County Jail after he allegedly led Barry and Stone County Sheriff’s Deputies on a high speed chase on September 11. According to a statement of probable cause, Billy Joe Dover, 21, of Cassville, was driving a red Chevrolet pickup at high speeds along US 76 in Barry and Stone Counties attempting to elude capture.
The report from Sgt. Dustin Wells, he was notified by central dispatch that the vehicle was entering Stone County a few minutes before 4 a.m. Barry County reported the suspect had travelled at speeds over 100 miles per hour during the pursuit. The vehicle also allegedly hit two mailboxes and attempted to hit a Barry County Sheriff’s Deputy vehicle.
Wells reports attempting to stop the vehicle a few miles into Stone County on west Highway 76, but the suspect failed to stop. For about eight minutes, Dover continued in the vehicle at speeds reaching up to 80 miles per hour. The pickup was reportedly stopped and turned off on Highway 173 less than one mile north of Crossroads (the intersection of Highways 248 and 173 in Stone County).
After the Chevrolet pickup was stopped, the driver, identified as Billy Dover, fled on foot north along Highway 173. Sergeant Wells reports chasing and capturing him on foot. While the foot pursuit was in progress, the pickup truck started to roll backward. It was not put in park when Dover turned it off and exited the vehicle. The pickup rolled backward and hit Sergeant Wells’ and Deputy English’s patrol vehicles. Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader reports that the vehicles took minor damage.
A search of Dover’s person allegedly uncovered a glass pipe with a white residue. That residue field tested positive for methamphetamine. Dover also allegedly admitted to stealing the pickup from a driveway in Arkansas with the keys in it.
The registered owner of the pickup was contacted by phone and instructed to report it as stolen with their local sheriff’s office.
Billy Joe Dover was booked into the Stone County Jail on Wednesday, September 11. He is charged in Stone County with tampering with a motor vehicle in the first degree, resisting arrest for a felony, possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held in lieu of $25,000 cash or surety bond.
Isaac Estes-Jones
A Cassville man is in the Stone County Jail after he allegedly led Barry and Stone County Sheriff’s Deputies on a high speed chase on September 11. According to a statement of probable cause, Billy Joe Dover, 21, of Cassville, was driving a red Chevrolet pickup at high speeds along US 76 in Barry and Stone Counties attempting to elude capture.
The report from Sgt. Dustin Wells, he was notified by central dispatch that the vehicle was entering Stone County a few minutes before 4 a.m. Barry County reported the suspect had travelled at speeds over 100 miles per hour during the pursuit. The vehicle also allegedly hit two mailboxes and attempted to hit a Barry County Sheriff’s Deputy vehicle.
Wells reports attempting to stop the vehicle a few miles into Stone County on west Highway 76, but the suspect failed to stop. For about eight minutes, Dover continued in the vehicle at speeds reaching up to 80 miles per hour. The pickup was reportedly stopped and turned off on Highway 173 less than one mile north of Crossroads (the intersection of Highways 248 and 173 in Stone County).
After the Chevrolet pickup was stopped, the driver, identified as Billy Dover, fled on foot north along Highway 173. Sergeant Wells reports chasing and capturing him on foot. While the foot pursuit was in progress, the pickup truck started to roll backward. It was not put in park when Dover turned it off and exited the vehicle. The pickup rolled backward and hit Sergeant Wells’ and Deputy English’s patrol vehicles. Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader reports that the vehicles took minor damage.
A search of Dover’s person allegedly uncovered a glass pipe with a white residue. That residue field tested positive for methamphetamine. Dover also allegedly admitted to stealing the pickup from a driveway in Arkansas with the keys in it.
The registered owner of the pickup was contacted by phone and instructed to report it as stolen with their local sheriff’s office.
Billy Joe Dover was booked into the Stone County Jail on Wednesday, September 11. He is charged in Stone County with tampering with a motor vehicle in the first degree, resisting arrest for a felony, possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held in lieu of $25,000 cash or surety bond.