Lang
9/8/23
Iowa City Police have received multiple reports about a subject or subjects dressed as a clown harassing thrift store employees and swearing at children.
The ICPD Daily Activity Log indicates employees at the Salvation Army thrift store on Boyrum Street called just before 3:00 Friday afternoon to report a subject dressed like a clown harassing employees and refusing to leave. Another call to the ICPD about 45 minutes later indicated a subject dressed as a clown was using obscenities toward children outside Which-Wich on South Dubuque Street around 12:30 Friday afternoon.
Multiple Reddit users posted about encounters with the clown on Friday. One posted a photo of a person wearing a clown mask at the Crowded Closet on Highway 6 East. Another said a clown was downtown playing with a puppet, asking for change and harassing people who were trying to use their cellphones. A third poster claimed to have seen a clown at the Can Shed on Hollywood Boulevard.
It is unknown if police are actively investigating the reports.
