DMPD arrest, charge suspect two days after patrol car collision

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man now faces charges after he crashed his truck into a Des Moines Police Department patrol car Wednesday night.

DMPD said an officer responded to the 3000 block of Tiffin Avenue on a trespassing call just after 10:30 p.m., when 35-year-old Eliseo Pedroza hit the police cruiser with his truck and trailer.

The DMPD vehicle was reportedly disabled in the collision, and Pedroza fled the scene in his truck. The involved officer was not injured, Des Moines police said…

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