Theft at 4200 BLOCK OF GRAND AVE on 04/27/2026 9:34 AM

Type: Theft

Date: 04/27/2026 9:34 AM

Description: Counterfeiting/Forgery. Event #: 1601728. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 4200 BLOCK OF GRAND AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Howser

Name

Bryan Howser

Missing Age

33

Est. Current Age

58

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 04/04/2001

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel Height: 5'6" Weight: 155 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Gardner

Name

Steven Gardner

Age

27

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Steven eugene gardner, a 27-year-old john deere employee, was shot three times while sitting in a pickup truck in the early morning hours on saturday, april 8, 1978.Gardner, of 4007 55th st. In des moines, was found shot to death near the intersection of 23rd street and cottage grove in des moines.Around 11:00 a.M. Saturday, 19-year-old david delvin, a resident of new life center at 1079 23rd street, looked down from the building’s second story and saw a man lying across the seat of a chevy pickup truck that had come to a stop against a small wall in the yard of the former grant elementary school. One door stood open.When des moines police arrived, they discovered steven gardner lying across the front seat, shot three times in the head with either a .32 or .38 caliber handgun. Two bullets were found in gardner’s skull, and a third “through and through” bullet had lodged inside the truck.

Agency

Iowa

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