Theft at 4100 BLOCK OF 2ND AVE on 09/20/2026 10:12 AM

Type: Theft

Date: 09/20/2026 10:12 AM

Description: Larceny from Motor Vehicle. Event #: 1647273. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 4100 BLOCK OF 2ND AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Colvin

Name

Jade Colvin

Missing Age

15

Est. Current Age

24

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 03/23/2017

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Gender: Female Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Height: 5'4" Weight: 127 lbs

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Groves

Name

Leon Groves

Age

40

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

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

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