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About seven months after an early morning burglary at Hellberg's Jewelers in downtown Marshalltown on April 4, the second of two suspects in the case has been taken into custody in Polk County.
According to a press release issued by the Marshalltown Police Department on Tuesday, Dewayne Rowley, 60, of Des Moines, was arrested by the Des Moines Police Department on outstanding warrants for first degree theft, a Class C felony, third degree burglary, a Class D felony, second degree criminal mischief, a Class D felony, and possession of burglar's tools, an aggravated misdemeanor, on Tuesday, Nov. 3. He was taken to the Polk County Jail and is now awaiting extradition to Marshall County.
The other suspect, 54-year-old Douglas Baker of Des Moines, turned himself in to authorities on May 3 and pleaded guilty to first degree theft, third degree burglary and second degree criminal mischief on Oct. 19. His sentencing hearing is currently scheduled for Dec. 7 at 10 a.m.
Previous reporting in the T-R indicates that two men, later identified as Baker and Rowley, "arrived in a white pickup truck with Kansas plates, broke into the store just after 4 a.m. and subsequently smashed several display cases and the window at the west entrance to the store before gathering the items they stole in bags and quickly leaving the scene ahead of the arrival of officers from the Marshalltown Police Department (MPD)."
Rowley was also arrested in connection with an alleged burglary of a residence in Des Moines on June 25, and that case remains pending in Polk County.