Crime & Safety

Drugs, Illegal Drivers Top Ankeny Police Blotter for April 19

A summary of incident reports with individual charges provided by the Ankeny Police Department.

Editor's note: All information below is provided by the in incident reports through April 7. 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. All individuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty.

April 4

Luke E. Cornelison, 20, Ankeny, was charged with assault causing bodily injury following an incident in the 300 block of Northeast Delaware Avenue.

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Ronald E. Yarbrough, 50, Bondurant, was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia following an incident in the 2600 block of Southeast Creekview Drive.

April 5

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Richard J. Kellis, 58, Des Moines, was charged with third-degree theft following an incident that occurred at 1 S.E. Convenience Blvd.

April 7

Jeff D. Bassett, 20, Ankeny, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop that occurred in the 1800 block of Southwest White Birch Circle.

Ronald L. Marker, 47, Ankeny, was charged with public intoxication following an incident that occurred in the 1000 block of Southeast Delaware Avenue.

Sean M. McCann, 26, Altoona, was charged with driving while barred (habitual offender) following a traffic stop that occurred near the intersection of South Ankeny Boulevard and Southeast Magazine Road.

Edward T. Ransom Jr., 40, Des Moines, was charged with driving while barred (habitual offender) following a traffic stop that occurred in the 1500 block of Southwest Oralabor Road.

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