Two of a kind

Titus Young, 26, and former wide receiver for the Detroit Lions, was arrested yet again on Jan. 30. Young was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon on another man in Los Angeles. Young has been arrested five times in the last three years for an array of charges.

Assault doesn’t stop in the big leagues. Jad Adam Denney, also 26, was arrested on assault charges, too. On Feb. 4, Denney was booked at 7 a.m. for domestic assault. Unlike Young, this is the first time Denney has been arrested.

Crimestoppers
This information was obtained from the Polk County Crime Stoppers. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Des Moines Police Detective Bureau asks that anyone with information on the location or identity of this suspect call 515-283-4864 or The Polk County Crime Stoppers anonymously at 515-223-1400.

Help with fatal fire
An adult male was found deceased at 2500 59th St., the site of a fire put out by the Des Moines Fire Department on Feb 9, 2016. The subsequent investigation indicates the blaze was intentionally started. Anyone with information on the location or identity of this suspect is asked to call the Des Moines Police Detective Bureau at 515-283-4864 or the Polk County Crime Stoppers at 515-223-1400.

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Robbery gone wrong
On Feb. 6, police were dispatched to Kirkwood Avenue on reports of a suspicious vehicle. The victim told police that there was a strange car parked in her driveway when she had arrived home that day. Police began to search the home, initially seeing the garage door had a broken lock and part of the door had been broken in the process of the suspect forcing the door open. The police entered the garage and found the suspect kneeling down, attempting to hide from the police. When asked why he was in the garage, the suspect told police that he just needed gas. The suspect was arrested and transported to Polk County Jail.

Date night gone wrong
On Feb. 9, a robbery at gunpoint occurred and was reported to police. The victim went to Mickey’s Irish Pub to meet with a friend. The friend had been asking if the victim could help her with rent, which the victim had denied her multiple times. The suspect invited the victim over to her house, and he complied, but when they got there, a man came from the back of the house and pointed a gun at the victim. The gunman demanded the victim give him everything he had, and the victim gave him his wallet and cell phone. The suspects also went through his coat and took the victim’s handgun before telling him to leave. The victim left, leaving his shoes and stocking hat. The victim then proceeded to find a phone to call his parents and police. When police arrived, the vehicle belonging to the suspect was in view and police were able to pull it over. One suspect, the female, was driving and admitted that she was an accessory to the robbery. She told police she only knew the other suspect by a nickname. The suspect was arrested for accessory after the fact and transported to the Polk County Jail. The victim told police he had recognized the other suspect from when he used to work as a detention officer, but only knew his last name.

Wet robbery
Police were dispatched to a house in Pleasant Hill on Feb. 7 on reports of a robbery. Police met with the owner of the property, who stated that someone had entered the property sometime between 3-4 p.m. A brick shattered the basement window of the residence, and a hose was brought inside, turned on and flooded the basement. The suspect had also stolen many car parts and disassembled two cars located in the garage of the residence. Muddy footprints belonging to the suspect were noted throughout the house and garage, and a neighbor provided a possible suspect vehicle description. IDENT was called to process the scene. CV