Crime & Safety

Harassment and Panhandling: Johnston Police Blotter

The following information was provided by the Johnston Police. It does not indicate a conviction.

Editor's note: All information is provided by the Johnston Police Department in incident reports. Dates below are when the incident was reported or occurred, not when an arrest or charges were filed. Charges do not always result in convictions.


Sept. 27:

Parent reported her daughter's Samsung Galaxy Note was stolen from a backpack at school. Female juvenile was charged with theft.

Sept. 29:

Taylor Andrew Johnson, 22, of Des Moines, was arrested and charged with second-degree harassment.

Sept. 30:

Taylor James Cook, 24, of Des Moines, was arrested and charged with driving while denied, cancelled, suspended or revoked, operating without registration and violation of financial liability coverage.

Oct. 1:

A woman reported someone had stolen her rear license plate while she was parked in the parking lot of a movie theater at 5233 Stoney Creek Court.

Wesley Adam Lamp, 42, of Persia, arrested and charged with panhandling on Merle Hay Road in Webster Township.



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