Arrest at E 13TH ST AND INTERSTATE 35 on 04/17/2026 8:06 AM
Type: Arrest
Date: 04/17/2026 8:06 AM
Description: Reckless Driver : This Is From The Ames Police Call Log. Information Is Subject To Change.
Address: E 13TH ST AND INTERSTATE 35, Ames, IA
Case Number: 260405709
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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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