Drug and Alcohol Arrests: Urbandale Police Blotter

The Urbandale arrests below are preliminary criminal charges. They do not represent convictions or court resolutions. 

 Joseph E. Wilson, 55, Waukee, had the misfortune of setting off the burglar alarm as he was cleaning early in the morning on June 21. As police were responding to the alarm, the first officer to arrive noticed Wilson's white van leaving the area at 3:31 a.m., so he radioed other officers to watch for the van.

They did and noticed that Wilson did not give a "continuous turn signal" and stopped him. He was charged with the turn signal violation, driving with an open container of alcohol, and first-offense drunken driving.

June 28: Amar Music, 27, of Urbandale was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

June 24: Michael Kiel, 30, of Ankeny was charged with first offense drunken driving. He was arrested in the 3800 block of 86th Street.

June 24: Joseph R. Kingery, 21, of Des Moines, was charged with public intoxication at Merle Hay Mall. Mall security officers called police who tried to get Kingery to call someone to take him home. When they couldn't get him to cooperate so they arrested him.

June 22: The at 6990 Douglas Ave. reported that a man stole gasoline and alcohol from the convenience store.

June 21: A 19-year-old bartender atwas charged with selling alcohol to a man a year older than him, but still underage. Armin Fejzic, 19, was charged with selling alcohol to a minor and Suvat Medinoski, 20, was charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol. Lt. Rob Johansen said the men were charged because police went in to do a routine bar check. One of the officers recognized Medinoski and knew he was underage.

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