Teen arrested for attempted burglary
Des Moines police officers arrested a 16-year-old Thursday for attempted burglary at Lincoln High School.
Officers said they were responding to a triggered alarm at the school at 1:47 a.m. and found Spencer Lee Starrett of Des Moines running northbound from the school, according to the police report.
Officers ordered Starrett at gunpoint to stop.
Officers said Starrett first obeyed by falling to the ground, but then got up and walked toward an officer waving his arms.
An officer was able to grab Starrett and handcuff him.
Officers found a broken window and a landscaping brick covered in mud in front of the window.
Officers said in the police report that “there was no evidence that actual entry was made.”
Police said Starrett admitted to drinking shots of alcohol.
Starrett was also charged with public intoxication and interference with official acts.
Residents must remove cemetery decorations
The city of Pleasant Hill asks that residents who wish to keep gravesite decorations pick up them up today through April 1 at Oakwood Cemetery.
All decorations left after April 1 will be thrown away.
9/11 group to meet at library
A group that believes the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the East Coast were partly directed by the American government will meet Monday at the Adel Public Library, 303 S. 10th St.

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