Vandalism at 500 BLOCK OF E LOCUST ST on 03/16/2025 2:24 AM

Type: Vandalism

Date: 03/16/2025 2:24 AM

Description: Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property. Event #: 1481823. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 500 BLOCK OF E LOCUST ST, Des Moines, IA

View Source Square with arrow pointing upper right

View on Google Maps Street View

Google Streetview Disclaimer: This is a Google Maps Street View of the approximate area where the crime occurred. It is not necessarily the exact address view of the crime.

Recent Crime News

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police chief conduct, crime rate, police cameras

Henderson police chief fired, Columbus underreported crime, smart policing, holistic approach to crime, high risk violent offenders, body cam footage fees, predictive analytics, crime data in social media, automated license plate readers, asset forfeiture

Read Article

Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Cruz

Name

Gustavo Cruz

Missing Age

31

Est. Current Age

47

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 04/01/2008

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'8" Weight: 180 lbs

Case Number

MP17028

View Source Square with arrow pointing upper right

View More

Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Groves

Name

Leon Groves

Age

40

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Leon groves, a full-time des moines optician who worked part-time as a taxicab driver, was shot to death in his cab three days before christmas in 1951. Polk county in iowa polk county in iowa des moines in polk countydes moines in polk county groves, who’d been robbed and shot three times, was found slumped in his taxi around 1:45 a.M. Saturday, december 22, 1951, in a snow-filled ditch at s.E. Eighteenth street and scott avenue. The taxi company, ruan cab, said groves had last made contact two hours earlier, stating he was going to pick up a fare in downtown des moines. The married father of two worked as a full-time optician at hawkeye optical and worked the part-time cab job to earn extra income. In groves’ pockets, detectives found a lighter, a pocketbook, four 25-cent taxi tickets for ruan cab, and $6.91. Groves’ billfold was missing.

Agency

Iowa

View Source Square with arrow pointing upper right

View More