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On The Record, May 20-21 2026
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Great Bend Fire/EMS

May 20

EMS made six ambulance runs. Firefighters responded to one structure fire at 1:21 a.m. in the 1200 block of Roosevelt.

May 21

No reports were received.

Great Bend Police

May 20

A non-injury crash was reported at 7:33 a.m. at Casey’s General Store, 2716 10th St.

A warrant arrest was executed at 1:33 p.m. at 4412 10th Street Pl.

A domestic incident was reported at 1:57 p.m. at 2405 Morton St.

A non-injury, hit-and-run crash was reported at 3:48 p.m. at 10th St. and Jefferson St.

A structure fire was reported at 4:05 p.m. at Azria Health Great Bend, 1560 K-96.

An injury crash was reported at 8:59 p.m. at Broadway Ave. and Sherman St.

May 21

A structure fire was reported at 1:22 a.m. at 1201 Roosevelt St.

A domestic incident was reported at 7:08 a.m. at 1415 Eighth St.

A structure fire was reported at 8:18 a.m. at 1201 Roosevelt St.

A domestic incident was reported at 8:20 a.m. at 1415 Eighth St.

A structure fire was reported at 8:58 a.m. at 1201 Roosevelt St.

A sex offense was reported at 11:09 a.m.

A disturbance was reported at 11:25 a.m. at Broadway Ave. and Patton Rd.

A sex offense was reported at 11:44 a.m.

Criminal damage was reported at 12:30 p.m. at Rose Joyce, 1200 Roosevelt St.

Fraud was reported at 3:37 p.m. at 717 Coolidge St. Apt. 4.

Fraud was reported at 5:32 p.m. at 1811 Jefferson St.

A domestic incident was reported at 6:53 p.m. at 2405 31st St.

A domestic incident resulted in an arrest at 7:31 p.m. at 5220 10th St.

A domestic incident resulted in an arrest for aggravated domestic battery at 9:38 p.m. at 1809 Willow Ln.

Barton County Sheriff

May 20

A K-9 callout was utilized at 1:36 a.m. at Railroad Ave. and McKinley St., Great Bend.

Warrant arrests were executed at 3:43 a.m., 10:57 a.m. and 11:48 p.m. at the Barton County Detention Center, 1408 Kansas Ave., Great Bend.

A sex offense was reported at 12:10 p.m. in Great Bend.

A domestic incident was reported at 7:26 p.m. at 429 Kiowa Rd., Great Bend.

A non-injury crash was reported at 7:41 p.m. at mile marker 130 on E K-4, Hoisington.

A K-9 callout was utilized at 11:48 p.m. in the 10 block of NW 10 Rd., Hoisington.

May 21

A non-injury crash was reported at 7:05 a.m. at mile marker 97 on S U.S. 281, Great Bend.

A warrant arrest was executed at 7:57 p.m. at 913 Jefferson St., Great Bend.

A traffic arrest was made at 11:34 p.m. in the 200 block of N. Main St., Hoisington.

Barton County Jail

Booked May 20

Gabriel L.S. Koerner — Serve sentence.

James P. Harbison — Hoisington Municipal Court warrant for serve sentence.

Braden Salem — Barton County District Court warrant for child abuse. Bond set at $50,000.

Pedro J. Garcia Jr. — Kansas Department of Corrections arrest and detain warrant for parole violation.

Nelson Martinez — Failure to appear.

Mitchell L. Grandclair — Barton County District Court warrant for failure to appear.

Released May 20

Nelson Martinez — $158 cash bond.

Mitchell L. Grandclair — $500 cash bond.

Booked May 21

Andrew D. Flores — Barton County District Court warrant for failure to appear.

Brandon C. Koeppen — Barton County District Court warrant for failure to appear.

Bethany N. Oxford — Domestic battery and assault.

Garret Mallow — Aggravated domestic battery, criminal restraint, two counts of battery on law enforcement officers, and two counts of interference with law enforcement officers. Bond set at $20,000 cash or surety.

Released May 21

Andrew D. Flores — $500 surety bond through Ace Bail Bonding.

Jeffery Martinez — Transfer to Kansas Department of Corrections.

Cory M. Rurak — Own recognizance (O.R.) after 48-hour hold

Steven Weatherman — 48-hour O.R. bond.

Liliana Roman-Velasquez — Transfer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Jennifer L. Hernandez — Time served.

Brandon C. Koeppen — $500 cash bond.

Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office

May 21

An abandoned vehicle was reported at 10:36 a.m. at mile marker 15 on K-19.