CRIME & SAFETY
60 live animals, 7 dead found in Norwalk home
NORWALK, Iowa — The Norwalk Police Department is investigating a case of animal neglect after dozens of animals were found living in feces and trash-littered conditions in Norwalk last week. The Norwalk Police Department said it was called to a home in the 2200 block of Windflower Drive on...
13-year–old charged in connection to swatting call at Harding Middle School
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A teen is facing charges after police said they made a false report of a possible shooter at Harding Middle School on Friday. Officers responded to the school just before 8 a.m. and conducted a search, but they said they found no active threat to staff or students.
Des Moines to pay $50,000 to settle another George Floyd protest arrest lawsuit
Des Moines has agreed to pay $50,000 to a man tackled and arrested during the George Floyd protests in 2020, officials say. Approved this week, the settlement is in addition to $25,000 Jacob Sahr received from Polk County in 2022, according to a report by Axios. Sahr, who now lives in Waterloo, sued both city and county, alleging false arrest and First Amendment retaliation by sheriff's deputies and police.
Des Moines man acquitted of murder fails in challenge to federal firearm conviction
A Polk County jury wasn't convinced that Tyrone Cameron shot and killed Jeffrey Gillom. A federal jury, presented with the same facts, came to a different conclusion. Cameron, 30, was charged with murder and other crimes after the April 2022 shooting at the Hickman Flats Apartments in Des Moines. At his trial later that year, prosecutors argued Cameron was angry about a fight earlier in the evening and came back to fire 15 bullets through the door of the apartment where Gillom, 59, was staying, killing him and wounding a woman. The jury, though was not persuaded, and acquitted Cameron on all charges.
After student stabbed outside Hoover High, Des Moines school to settle lawsuit for $5,000
Des Moines Public Schools will pay $5,000 to settle claims by a student who was stabbed during a fight outside Hoover High School. The March 2022 attack left the student with a severe abdominal laceration requiring medical treatment, according to court filings. In his complaint, He alleged teachers saw other students threatening and trying to fight him inside the school but took no action to separate them or prevent the subsequent encounter where he was wounded in...
Urbandale woman charged after a hit-and-run injures child
Des Moines, IA — An Urbandale woman is now charged after a hit-and-run left a child hurt. Police say Nyabang Chuat hit a 5-year-old on Des Moines' southeast side, left the scene and did not call anyone after the crash. The child suffered serious injuries but is expected to...
Des Moines Police Say Two Guns Recovered at Des Moines Airport This Week
(Des Moines, IA) -- Two guns were recovered at the Des Moines International Airport this week. The Des Moines Police Department says the guns were found at security checkpoints by TSA Security. DMPD says the owners of the guns were given citations by airport police officers. The number of guns recovered at the Des Moines International Airport was down in 2023 to 7, a drop from 15 in 2022.
'It's annoying': Local lawn care business plagued with scam messages
DES MOINES, Iowa — Leah Ackerman with Manscapes Lawn Care in Des Moines said she and her partner receive lots of inquiries about their services, but many recently are "oddly worded" messages. That's because scammers have started targeting Ackerman and other small, local businesses providing similar services in the...
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