Ankeny Mother Warns of Thief in the Area

An Ankeny woman is warning residents to keep their garages closed and their doors locked after someone stole her husband's golf clubs from her attached garage in broad daylight.

Sarah Sexton was home alone with her two children about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday when her neighbor came to her door to say she watched a man run down the street with a set of golf clubs, hop in a black Chevy, and drive off.

Sexton who was inside her home during the theft, didn't hear the man enter and said she wouldn't have known it happened if it wasn't for her neighbor. Her car was parked in the open garage and her doors were unlocked.

“It just makes me feel all the more violated,” Sexton said.

The Mizuno Bag stolen contained a set of Mizuno irons, an Odyssey Saber Tooth Putter, Tilest Driver, Slazenger 3 Wood and more, Sexton said.

Ankeny Police Captain Joe Schaffer said they've also had some issues with theft from motor vehicles.

One resident reported the theft of a yellow trek 1000 bicycle from a truck on NW Ashland Parkway, on Monday April 8, and on March 19, four residents reported theft from their vehicles.

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