Laundry Room Set On Fire at Construction Site: Johnston Police Blotter

Editor's note: All information is provided by the Johnston Police Department in incident reports. Dates below are when the incident was reported or occurred, not when an arrest or charges were filed. Charges do not always result in convictions.

Aug. 27:

A man reported someone had stolen the clips for the swings on his swing set on Wickham Drive.

Aug. 28:

Kellan Glenn Gannon, 21, of Ankeny, arrested and charged with harboring a 17-year-old runaway and with trespassing on Johnston school property.

Wong's Chopsticks, 5500 Merle Hay Road, reported a customer wrote a check for food on an account with insufficient funds.

Aug. 29:

Shock City Verizon Wireless, 5421 NW 86th St., reported damage to their company sign.

Man reported two kayaks were taken from outside a residence on Kirkland Court.

Aug. 30:

Officers were dispatched to suspicious activity at a construction site on Essex Drive. Officers arrived and found an area in the laundry room that had been set on fire.