Compiled by Jared Curtis jared@dmcityview.com

On the clock
Des Moines Police — May 18-19

May 18, 12:53 a.m.
Robbery in the 5100 block of East 14th Street. The victim stated that he stopped at Casey’s General Store, 5150 E. 14th St., to use the restroom. As he walked out of the bathroom, two white males approached him and demanded his watch. When the victim refused, the two suspects grabbed him and took the watch by force. The suspects left in a car with four other white males. An employee stated the two suspects casually left the store. The victim ran out to the parking lot and then returned inside to report the robbery. The employee said a video would be available at a later date.

May 19, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Burglary in the 3200 block of East 13th Street. The victim stated that someone kicked in his back door while he was at work. The door had a footprint on it and would not close properly. The suspect(s) took multiple items including a 9 mm handgun, car stereo and amp, a Playstation 2 video game system, an X-box video game system and a Macintosh computer, valued at more than $3,200. There were no witnesses.

May 19, 10:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Burglary in the 4100 block of Bowdoin Street. The victim stated that someone broke into his apartment and ransacked the place. The victim doesn’t know if anything was taken. He did notice that the screen was broken on his 27-inch TV. The glass was broken on the back door, which was where the suspect(s) gained entry.

Busted

Name: Phillip James Coleman
The story: While on patrol, officers observed a vehicle without a registration lamp. Officers followed the vehicle as it turned south on Martin Luther King Parkway and initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle was occupied by four people and had a strong odor of marijuana. After running all the names, one of the names didn’t come back. The officer asked the suspect, later identified as Coleman, his age. Coleman responded he was 23. When the officer asked when he was born, Coleman stated he was born in 1982, which would have made him 25. The officer informed Coleman of his error and asked him to step out of the vehicle. When Coleman stepped out of the vehicle he started running and a foot chased ensued. Officers chased Coleman through several neighborhoods before he was caught. When asked why he ran, Coleman said he had outstanding warrants for his arrest. Coleman was charged with interference with official acts along with two outstanding warrants and taken to the Polk County Jail.

Docket Diving

The following is from a recent ruling made by the Iowa Court of Appeals regarding the case of the State of Iowa vs. Pierre Antoine Pierce.

“On Jan. 27, 2005, Pierce assaulted his former girlfriend and then burglarized her apartment. As a result of this incident, Pierce pled guilty to burglary in the third degree, assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, false imprisonment and criminal mischief in the fourth degree. On Oct. 28, 2005, the district court imposed a five-year sentence for the burglary conviction, suspended that sentence and placed Pierce on supervised probation. The court then imposed a two-year sentence on the assault with intent to commit sexual abuse conviction and one year each on the false imprisonment and criminal mischief convictions. Additionally, Pierce was ordered to register as a sex offender as part of the sentence on the assault conviction.

“On the day of sentencing, Pierce signed a Department of Correctional Services (DCS) probation agreement, in which he agreed to register as a sex offender, attend sex offender treatment, not contact the victim and pay restitution to the victim, court costs and court-appointed attorney fees. While incarcerated, Pierce did not have any disciplinary reports. He completed a five-month sexual offender treatment program, which was an accelerated program designed for sexual offenders serving two years or less. After serving approximately eleven months, Pierce was discharged from his prison sentences. However, Pierce remained on probation for the burglary conviction.

“Following his release from prison, Pierce was allowed to travel to California to attend a basketball camp and was offered the opportunity to try out for an NBA developmental league team. However, DCS would not allow Pierce to relocate to California unless his probation was transferred, as it would be too difficult to supervise him in California from Iowa. At the time Pierce filed his application to discharge or modify his probation, it had been less than four months since his release from prison and approximately three years and nine months remained until he would complete the current supervised probationary period.

“We agree with the district court that the purposes of probation had not been satisfied nor had the fees imposed been paid. The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Pierce an early discharge or modification of probation. Therefore, we affirm the district court.”

Most wanted

Name: Deland Santel Stanley, AKA “DD”
Age: 20
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 190 lbs.
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Wanted for: Second degree robbery. On May 11, Stanley and his accomplice, Desmon “Ice Cold” Campbell, mugged an elderly couple as they were coming back to their hotel room. If you know where to find these fugitives, call Crime Stoppers at 223-1400.

133 : The number of weapons violations in Des Moines in 2007.

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