Two youths attempt car door theft in city parking garage, Des Moines IA

Theft

Reported: 11/12/2025 11:22 AM

Near Locust St, Des Moines, IA 50309

A theft was reported in progress at a city parking garage near Locust Street. A caller saw two young males on the third or fourth floor attempting to open a car door. Officers were dispatched to the scene. The suspect was described as a male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt. Later reports suggested it might have been a misunderstanding.

Audio|Source: Des Moines Police Dispatch 1

02:29

Transcript:

00:00

Any central cars available? TIS is 244 with a theft in progress, near Locust.

00:09

244. I'm on the relief scene at the moment.

00:17

Copy. Apologize for that.

00:20

Any central cars that can break this is for a theft in progress, near Locust.

00:29

Before I'm at station, I can head that way.

00:35

Copy any cars, I can assist 304.

00:37

That's in progress, near Locust.

00:40

5-9, I can start that way.

00:47

Copy, 510 and 304, you're going to near Locust, the city parking garage.

00:53

Caller says there's, caller says either third or fourth floor to the west end, two kids using a slum, trying to open a car door,

01:01

unknown type of car.

01:03

Caller just drove by him a couple minutes ago.

01:16

502 Charlie.

01:20

I'm heading that way, you can just regard 510.

01:23

Copy 510 Charlie, you're back in.

01:27

Copy. C.V. Reid's 617.

01:30

He may be close.

01:31

You can assist on that as well.

01:37

Copy 616.

01:39

Yeah, I'm hitting that way as well.

01:41

You can disregard one of those other cars there.

01:42

I'm walking that way.

01:49

Copy.

01:51

5-02. You can go back in service.

01:56

Copy.

01:58

304. Uh-huh.

02:02

In 617.

02:07

Go ahead.

02:11

Sounds like the suspect is a male in a gray hooded sweatshirt.

02:19

617. Once put me out with them on the third floor parking garage.

02:23

It's going to be, I think this is going to be a misunderstanding.

02:27

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