Crime at 1200 BLOCK OF PLEASANT ST on 12/09/2025 7:55 PM
Type: Other
Date: 12/09/2025 7:55 PM
Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1564098. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 1200 BLOCK OF PLEASANT ST, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Steven BabkaMissing Age
59Est. Current Age
73Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 06/06/2012Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Height: 5'9" Weight: 240 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
Reginald Bryan JrAge
23Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Reginald renard bryan jr., 23, of orange city, florida, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of april 28, 2013, as several hundred people gathered outside big earl’s gold mine, a club just north of des moines’ city limits on n.W. Second avenue.Another man, 24-year-old matthew millsap of des moines, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to an area hospital where he was treated and released.Bryan jr. — the former head coach of the lady spartans softball team at chicago public schools — was originally from florida but had attended grambling state university in new orleans, la, before going to work in illinois for the chicago public school district.Bryan’s murder isn’t the first to occur at the legendary men’s club; earl “big earl” hamilton, who founded the county’s first topless and bottomless “juice bar,” was gunned down and killed by an unknown assailant on sept. 29, 1996, after closing up for the evening. Hamilton’s murder also remains unsolved.Agency
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