Theft at 5500 BLOCK OF JOHNSTON D on 01/30/2026 12:11 PM
Type: Theft
Date: 01/30/2026 12:11 PM
Description: Theft 1St Degree
Address: 5500 BLOCK OF JOHNSTON D, Johnston, IA
Case Number: 2026-00000124
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Jesse LeopoldMissing Age
23Est. Current Age
32Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 10/13/2016Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Unknown or Completely Bald Eyes: Hazel Height: 6'1" Weight: 185 lbsCase Number
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Name
Leon GrovesAge
40Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
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
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