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The Des Moines Police Officer’s Credit Union has set up two accounts to accept memorial contributions for Sgt. Anthony Beminio and Officer Justin Martin.
Sgt. Beminio
Officer Martin
Donations can be made through debit or credit cards via the Square Store at https://squareup.com/…/des-moines-police-officers-credit-un….
They will also accept in-person donations at each of their locations. Checks can be made payable to “Officer Justin Martin” or “Officer Justin Martin Memorial Fund” and can be mailed to the Credit Union’s main office at 423 East Court Avenue Des Moines, IA 50309. 
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Des Moines Police Sgt. Paul Parizek has identified the two Police Officers killed in the shootings early this (Wednesday) morning. The Officers were Sgt. Anthony “Tony” Beminio with the Des Moines Police Department, and Officer Justin Martin of the Urbandale Police Department.
Officer Martin
Sgt. Beminio
Sgt. Beminio had served on the Des Moines Police force since 2005, while Officer Martin was with the Urbandale P-D since 2015. Martin was single, while Beminio was married with children.
The suspect, 46-year old Scott Michael Greene, of Urbandale, was arrested after he surrendered to a state Department of Natural Resources officer. Sgt. Parizek says Scott Michael Greene flagged down the officer in rural Dallas County, west of Des Moines, and presented his identification. He was taken into custody and is now being treated at a Des Moines hospital.
Parizek says Greene is suspected in the killings but hasn’t yet been charged.
The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports one person was arrested following an investigation into an incident at a bar, in Avoca. Authorities say 40-year old Charles Raymond Bird, of Hancock, was arrested at around 3:30-a.m. today (Wednesday), after a Pott. County Deputy located him walking down an alley near his home. Bird allegedly harassed customers at the bar. He left the scene only to return again a short time later, and after leaving for a second time, was driven home by a resident in Avoca.
Bird was charged with Disorderly Conduct and Public Intoxication. Authorities say at the Pott. County Jail, Bird was too intoxicated to be booked-in. He was transported by medics to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs and held prior to being returned to the jail.
CRESTON, IA – The Iowa Insurance Division (IID) announced today (Wednesday), it will host an Iowa Fraud Fighters lunch and learn public education program on Nov. 17 at the Supertel Inn and Conference Center, 800 Laurel Street in Creston. The program will educate and empower Iowans to combat and report investment and insurance fraud.The lunch and learn series is a new initiative of IID’s statewide “Iowa Fraud Fighters – Shield Your Savings” public education program.
“Over the last three years, we’ve held 18 Iowa Fraud Fighters forums throughout Iowa,” said Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart. “This lunch and learn series brings our important fraud-prevention message to more Iowa communities.”
According to Gerhart, con artists are targeting Americans age 60 and older, swindling more than 7 million Americans out of almost $3 billion each year. Unfortunately, many smart Iowans have fallen victim to these very slick and sophisticated investment scammers, and some have lost their entire life savings.
“Our goal in holding a Creston lunch and learn program is to help educate Iowans on common scams and arm them with tools and tips to prevent and report fraud,” said Craig Goettsch, IID director of investment education and community outreach, as well as a Creston program presenter and panelist. “Whenever there is a possibility to make changes – such as open enrollment for both Medicare and the ACA plans, it is prime time for scammers to call and misrepresent themselves as a government agency, ask for personal information or account numbers, and try to steal your identity. Medicare will never call you and ask you for personal information, such as your Medicare number, which most likely is your Social Security number.”Registration for the lunch and learn begins at 11:30 a.m., lunch is served at noon and the program concludes at 1:30 p.m. Informational booths staffed by the Iowa Insurance Division and Iowa Attorney General’s office will be open prior to the lunch for attendees to pick up important materials on how to prevent and report fraud, as well as Medicare-related materials from the Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP), which is a part of the Iowa Insurance Division.
To RSVP for the complimentary lunch and learn program, call toll-free at 866-559-7114, or fill out the online form at www.IowaFraudFighters.gov by Nov. 10. This free event is limited to the first 100 respondents and is funded partly from fines and settlements collected from scammers. Caretakers of senior parents and grandparents are also encouraged to attend the forum and learn more.
(Updated 9:43-a.m. A-P/Radio Iowa) – Police say the suspect in the killings of two Des Moines area police officers is in custody. Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek says 46-year old Scott Michael Greene was taken into custody without incident at around 9-a.m. by the Iowa State Patrol Wednesday morning, in Dallas County.
Scott Michael Greene
Greene is suspected in the killing of a Des Moines police officer and an Urbandale police officer earlier Wednesday. The two officers were killed in ambush-style attacks while they were sitting in their patrol cars.
Iowa court records show Greene, of Urbandale, was jailed and charged with interference with official acts after resisting Urbandale police officers trying to pat him down for a weapon on April 10, 2014. A complaint signed by an Urbandale officer says Greene resisted verbal commands, was hostile and combative. It says he was known to be armed. He entered a guilty plea and was fined.
Two days later Urbandale police were called to answer a complaint of harassment at the apartment complex where Greene lived. The complaint says he threatened to kill another man during a confrontation in the parking lot. He was charged with harassment, pleaded guilty and received a suspended jail sentence and a year of probation. Records show he completed a court-ordered substance abuse and psychological evaluation.
A video posted on YouTube may provide some clues in the case of this morning’s fatal shootings of two Des Moines area police officers. The video posted by Scott Greene in mid-October details an incident at a high school football game. In the video, Greene says he was waving a Confederate flag at the game when he was “mugged” and the flag was taken away. Greene began recording the video outside the Urbandale High stadium after police officers escorted him out.
Greene is heard conversing with two police officers outside of the stadium.
In the ten-minute video, Greene later had this exchange with a female officer. Greene said he wanted to file an assault report.
Greene was given the flag but refused to leave the area and an officer is heard addressing him, by name. Officers threatened to charge Greene with trespassing if he wouldn’t leave but Greene maintained he wanted assault charges filed against someone in the crowd and insisted he wasn’t causing a disturbance.
The first of this morning’s two shootings took place at the very corner where the video was shot, outside the stadium.
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Des Moines Police say they have identified a suspect in the early morning killing of two area police officers, and are warning the man is likely armed and should be considered dangerous. Police said in a statement this (Wednesday) morning, that they are hunting for 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene, of Urbandale.
Scott Michael Greene
Greene is described as white, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 180 pounds with brown hair and green eyes. He was last known to be driving a blue 2011 Ford F-150 pickup truck with Iowa license plates 780 YFR. The truck is equipped with a ladder rack.
Investigators identified Greene as a suspect as they scrambled to respond to the killings of officers in Urbandale and Des Moines in separate shootings. The two officers were killed in ambush-style attacks while they were sitting in their patrol cars.
Creston Police said today (Wednesday), an employee of Southern Iowa Trolley in Creston reported Tuesday morning, that sometime during the 8-a.m. hour, Tuesday, someone stole a green Ipod, two Rosary beads and two prayer books from one of their buses, while it was parked in the parking lot of Southern Iowa Trolley. The loss was estimated at $210.
Creston Police report also, the arrest Tuesday evening of 52-year old Jeffery Bird. The Creston man was taken into custody at around 6:50-p.m., on a charge of Public Intoxication. Bird was being held in the Union County Jail on a $300 bond. And, early this (Wednesday) morning, 40-year old Jeremiah Lee Parcher, of Creston, was arrested in the 600 block of New York Avenue, for Driving While Suspended. Parcher was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.
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