Robbery at 1700 BLOCK OF E 12TH ST on 03/17/2026 5:41 PM

Type: Robbery

Date: 03/17/2026 5:41 PM

Description: Robbery. Event #: 1589866. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 1700 BLOCK OF E 12TH ST, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Harker

Name

Kenneth Harker

Missing Age

34

Est. Current Age

63

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 10/03/1996

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'11" Weight: 160 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Geary

Name

George Geary

Age

40

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

George h. Geary, 40, had worked at the m & h service station in des moines for just one week when on an early sunday morning, jan. 13, 1963, someone shot him twice in the head at close range during an apparent robbery. Two young men who stopped by the keosauqua way and crocker street station to buy cigarettes found geary in the service station’s office. Polk county in iowa polk county in iowa des moines in polk countydes moines in polk county station manager al van ampting reported $252.15 missing from the cash register.

Agency

Iowa

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