A 45-year-old Excelsior Springs resident, who is facing two felony charges, has waived a preliminary hearing. Ronald Dean Lana is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Lana appeared with his public defender, Kevin Garrison, in front of Seventh Judicial Circuit Court Judge Louis Angles on June 30, for a preliminary hearing. “My client has been advised of his rights and knows he may be arrested and detained at Clay County Detention if he does not sign to waive a preliminary hearing,” Garrison advised the court. A defendant has the right to a preliminary hearing or a grand jury indictment. If indicted by a grand jury, a warrant for arrest usually follows, according to Clay County’s Public Information Officer Alexander Higginbotham. Angles accepted the waiver and ordered Lana to appear in Division One of the Circuit Court of Clay County on July 18 at 8:30 a.m. for arraignment. The probable cause statement noted a shooting was reported to Excelsior Springs…