
After clearing the apartment, the officer spoke to the caller, who lives in the building and who stated that he was in bed and a friend came to his apartment to say the front of the building was on fire. The fire department was notified and arrived as the officer cleared the apartment of the people still inside. The officer noticed the southeast corner of the apartment’s front porch was engulfed in flames. While on patrol, an officer was tripped to a porch fire on University Avenue at 1:15 a.m. When the victim returned home, she went through the bathroom and noticed her two black jewelry boxes were missing. He returned about 45 minutes later and noticed the bathroom light was on, which he did not notice before. The victim’s brother came to check on the house at about 12:30 p.m. The victim told police that her family is in the process of having repairs done to the house, and they leave the north side garage door unlocked for the repairman. Police responded to a burglary report on Arapahoe Drive in Des Moines around 4:27 p.m. Call the Marion County Sheriff’s Office at 64 or the Polk County Crime Stoppers anonymously at 223-1400. Law enforcement would also like to speak with any individual that has approached to either purchase or take possession of a rifle in and around Marion County, or surrounding counties, since that date. Law enforcement is now requesting the public’s assistance in identifying any individuals or vehicles in the vicinity of 132 Perry St. Since then, the Division of Criminal Investigation, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the Pella Police Department, Knoxville Police Department, Warren County Sheriff’s Office, Indianola Police Department and the Iowa State Patrol have interviewed more than 100 individuals in multiple counties across the state. Carter’s autopsy revealed that she was killed by a bullet fired from a rifle. Des Moines Police Detective Bureau asks that anyone with information on the location or identity of this suspect call 51 or The Polk County Crime Stoppers anonymously at 51.Īn investigation into the death of Shirley Carter on June 19 is still underway.

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. This information was obtained from the Polk County Crime Stoppers website. Peterson was booked into the Polk County Jail, and his bond was set at $5,000. In another case of lessons not learned, John Peterson, 50, was charged with operating under the influence – second offense, on Aug.

He was also arrested for speeding and drunk driving in 2009.

Shepard spent the night in jail and was released on bail, but it wasn’t the first time he’s found himself in this scene. Sam Shepard, the 71-year-old actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, was arrested in May for drunk driving after failing a field sobriety test.
