Urbandale Police Blotter: New Year's Arrests

The Urbandale arrests below are preliminary criminal charges. They do not represent convictions or court resolutions.

Monday: Clinton Ray Smith, 25, of West Des Moines, was charged with first-offense drunken driving and failure to stop within a clear distance.

Saturday: Twenty Occupy the Caucuses protesters were arrested on trespassing charges at presidential campaign headquarters in Iowa.

Dec. 29:  Christopher Sean Austin, 40, of Clive was charged with second-offense drunken driving and speeding in the 8700 block of Hickman Road.

Haris Karajic, 18, of Urbandale, was charged with receiving stolen property. Karajic and a younger teenager were charged with burglary early in December in connection with a rash of thefts from unlocked cars. The charge is an additional one in that case.

Two GPS devices were reported stolen out of vehicles parked inside a garage at 8812 Iltis Drive. The garage door was open.

Tools valued at $160 were reported stolen from a vehicle owned by Miller Construction at 4431 86th St.

The Iglesia Pentecostal Tabernaculo De Jesus, 8105 Douglas Ave., reported a forged check by a 44-year-old Clive woman. No arrest was reported in the case.

Dec. 28: Four intoxicated 17-year-olds were referred to juvenile authorities for after police broke up a teenage drinking party in the 3600 block of 64th Street.

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