Crime at 1400 BLOCK OF 5TH AVE on 01/29/2026 10:34 PM

Type: Other

Date: 01/29/2026 10:34 PM

Description: Liquor Laws. Event #: 1576881. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 1400 BLOCK OF 5TH AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Vincent

Name

Timothy Vincent

Missing Age

26

Est. Current Age

34

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 05/01/2017

Physical Description

Race: Black Ethnicity: African American Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 6'4" Weight: 200 - 210 lbs

Case Number

MP117023

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Bell

Name

Effie Bell

Age

46

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

At the end of the day on friday, march 18, 1966, effie bell (known as “cupie” to her family) got off work from her job at mcray cosmetics factory in madrid, iowa, just as she’d done since 1958 when first hired by the cosmetics manufacturer. There was no telling what the weekend had in store for the wife and mother of three, or what her husband, frank bell, sr., 49, might have in mind. He’d just quit his job at the john deere des moines works plant the previous day.

Agency

Iowa

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