Vandalism at 6400 BLOCK OF SE 5TH ST on 09/11/2026 9:10 AM
Type: Vandalism
Date: 09/11/2026 9:10 AM
Description: Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property. Event #: 1644546. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 6400 BLOCK OF SE 5TH ST, Des Moines, IA
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Name
Bryson SolomonMissing Age
7Est. Current Age
9Last Seen
Ankeny, IA on 08/06/2024Physical Description
Race: Unknown Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Unknown or Completely Bald Eyes: Unknown Height: 1'0" Weight: 100 lbsCase Number
Area Cold Cases
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
Iowa