Tuesday, January 15, 2013

DM police charge man, teen in escalated spat

A 20-year-old man and his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend are both facing charges after she reportedly vandalized his car and he shot at hers with a BB gun last week, police said.


According to Des Moines police, the East High School student called police to say her ex-boyfriend had fired a gun at her car around 11:25 p.m. Jan. 9.


The Pleasant Hill teen told police she drove four others to an area near the home of Matthew Allen Rench, 20. Two of the people spray-painted Rench’s truck, police said. Rench allegedly came out of his house, jumped into his truck and proceeded to follow the teen’s car as she fled.


Eventually the two ended up driving toward each other near the 2900 block of Maple Street and Rench allegedly fired two shots from a BB gun out the window.


Officers found one impact from the projectile on the car, authorities said.



Rench was charged with intimidation with a dangerous weapons and first-degree harassment.


One of the men with the teenager, Devon Michael Chase, 20, was charged with third-degree criminal mischief.


The 14-year-old was charged with third-degree criminal mischief and released to her parents on a delayed referral.

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