Theft at 5900 BLOCK OF DOUGLAS AVE on 08/20/2026 10:43 PM
Type: Theft
Date: 08/20/2026 10:43 PM
Description: Shoplifting. Event #: 1638277. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 5900 BLOCK OF DOUGLAS AVE, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Preston GolfinMissing Age
17Est. Current Age
19Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 09/06/2023Physical Description
Race: Black Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'8" Weight: 160 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
Name
John GoschAge
12Cause of Death
MissingInfo
It’s a story that shocked communities and catapulted iowa into the national spotlight, changed state law and forever changed the way parents monitored their children’s activities. Twelve-year-old des moines register paperboy johnny gosch left his west des moines home on sunday morning, september 5, 1982, to begin his paper route. He wore a white sweatshirt with ‘kim’s academy’ on the back, warm-up pants, blue rubber flip-flops, and carried a yellow paper-bag. Normally, his father, john gosch, accompanied him on the route, but on this day johnny went alone.Agency
Iowa