Newton Police Department
• Mark W. Hembry, 31, of Newton, is charged with operating while under the influence after police stopped a dodge truck with a broken brake light in the 600 block of S. 8th Ave. E. at 1:49 a.m. Saturday. Hembry admitted to police he had consumed two beers earlier in the evening. Hembry failed a sobriety test.
• Anthony R. Strange, 20, of Newton is charged with drug paraphernalia while at the Jasper County Jail Monday. Strange was arrested on a warrant Thursday.
Jasper County Sheriff’s Office
• Derek J. Cunningham, 23, of Sully, is charged with supplying alcohol to persons under 21. Kyle A. Sadler, 20, of Newton, Hannah R. Young, 18, of Ankeny, Haley M. Wilt, 18, of Newton, are all charged with possession and purchase of alcohol by person under age after officials were called to a possible underage drinking party at 8:24 p.m. Oct. 14 at 103 4th Ave. in Sully. Cunningham told officials he had initiated the party and provided large sums of alcohol to minors.
• Carrie J. Mericle, 43, of Des Moines is charged with possession of contraband in a correctional institute after she was asked by Jasper County Jail staff outside the jail if she had any illegal items in possession. Mericle said she did not. When inside, jail staff found two prescription pills inside a prescription pill bottle with other prescriptions. Mericle did not have a prescription for the pills, which were believed to be Quetiapine Fumarate.