Crews were called to the avenue around threethirty this morning. The home was engulfed. It was too dangerous for crews to immediately search the home. Once the fire was under control. Firefighters found the body of 36 year old adam blazek in the basement. No one else was home during the fire. Officials say they are ruling to fire suspicious. it was a fast moving fire and im calling it suspicious because it looks like there might be two locations where it started but i cant confirm that at this point. although they say the fire is suspicious, they dont believe else is involved. An autopsy has been scheduled, and more information is expected following those results. A Lincoln High School teacher has resigned after being arrested for public exposure this weekend. 60year old Michael Madson resigned from his position on tuesday. On saturday madson allegedly exposed himself to a female employee at valley west mall. Hes being charged with public exposure. A simple misdemeanor. A des moines ma
Investigators are still looking into the cause of a fire that torched a business in menlo. Crews responded to the five hundred block of sherman street overnight. Flames were shooting through the roof of sargent custom cabinets. It took about eight hours to get the fire under control. Firefighters say paint and other Flammable Materials made it difficult. The building is a total loss. A former Lincoln High School teacher is charged with public exposure. The Des Moines School district says Michael Madson resigned from his position tuesday. On saturday, police say the 60 year old exposed himself to a Woman Working at valley west mall. The charge is a simple economics, marketing, and computers at the school for about 29 years. A des moines man facing vehicular homicide charges was back in court, today. Troy mure, junior appeared at a preliminary hearing. Police say he was drunk and driving recklessly when he crashed into a tree last month, killing his passenger, scalicity perez. Mure claim
Were learning more about a now former Lincoln High School charged with public exposure this weekend. It turns out it wasnt the first time Michael Madson has faced criminal charges. Madson was arrested on saturday and charged with public exposure after allegedly revealing himself to a Valley West Mall employee. Madson resigned his job at lincoln on tuesday. According to the courier newspaper and Online Court Records madson faced a similar charge in 1994 after he walked into the lobby of a Waterloo Hotel wearing only a tshirt. He was charged with indecent exposure. But plead guilty to a lesser charge of criminal tresspass. He was fired from his job at a waterloo school. But appealed and was allowed to keep teaching. In 2001 he was charged with harrassment after allegedly peeping on a teenager at a tanning salon. Online Court Records show madson entered a guilty plea and had the harrassment charged according to the Des Moines School districts website. Madson was hired in august of 2001. T
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