A man was arrested at the capitol today after a lobbyist allegedly caught him in the act of stealing a woman’s wallet. The Des Moines Register reports that the man, Marshall Clemons, 38, of Cedar Rapids, was charged with two counts of fifth-degree theft.
The man was apparently at the capitol as part of a group advocating on behalf of health care reform, so an Iowa Independent reader did some googling and sent along the results. It appears Clemons, a member of the Service Employees International Union and a school janitor in Cedar Rapids, attended the Democratic National Convention with then-Sen. Joe Biden.
Biden also “walked a day in the shoes” of Clemons back when he was running for President himself in the Iowa Caucuses. Below, I’ve posted video.

