Theft at 3800 BLOCK OF MERLE HAY RD on 11/17/2025 11:41 AM

Type: Theft

Date: 11/17/2025 11:41 AM

Description: Shoplifting. Event #: 1558140. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 3800 BLOCK OF MERLE HAY RD, 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: Violent crime, automated license plate readers, prison data

Arrest rates, policing grant pulled, community policing, use of force, gun violence intervention program, violent crime, Charlotte's Web operation, public art to reduce firearm injury, shutting down automated license plate readers, AI answering se...

Read Article

Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Majors

Name

Braycen Majors

Missing Age

14

Est. Current Age

15

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 10/30/2024

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Height: 5'3" Weight: 200 lbs

Case Number

View Source Square with arrow pointing upper right

View More

Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Kean

Name

Geralyn Kean

Age

17

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

On tuesday, july 29, 1975, 17-year-old geralyn jean kean’s nude and bullet-ridden body was found lying face down on a waterbed in her des moines home. Kean’s husband, michael, 21, found his wife’s body in their bedroom when he returned home from work about 2:45 p.M. From his job with the union carbide corp. In des moines. 1975-7-30-dmr-p1-geralyn-kean courtesy des moines register, july 30, 1975 gunshots had punctured the waterbed

Agency

Iowa

View Source Square with arrow pointing upper right

View More