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OTR Aug. 3-5, 2018
on the record

Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made seven Emergency Medical Service runs Friday, six Saturday and three Sunday. They were on standby at the drag races Friday and Saturday. There were no fires, but one call Friday and two calls Sunday were canceled while units were en route.

Barton County Sheriff
A non-injury crash was reported at 5:55 a.m. Friday at NE 90 Road and NE 130 Ave.
A burglary was reported at 2003 Washington St., Great Bend.
A caller in rural Claflin reported a fraud.
A search warrant was executed at 2:15 p.m. Friday at 2819 25th St. in Great Bend.
A possible injury crash was reported at 8:33 p.m. Friday at the SRCA Dragstrip, 9951 B-29 Way, Great Bend. Great Bend Police Department also responded and reported it as a non-injury crash.
A criminal damage to property case was taken at 27 SE 50 Road, Great Bend.
A fire was reported at 1:54 a.m. Saturday at U.S. 56 and Barton Road, Pawnee Rock.
Theft was reported at 1887 NE 10 Ave., Great Bend.
A non-injury crash was reported at 5:07 p.m. Saturday at SE 130 Ave. and U.S. 56.

Great Bend Police
A non-injury crash was reported at 7:50 a.m. Friday at 2110 Madison St. in Great Bend; a courtesy report was made for Pawnee County.
A sex offense was reported shortly before noon Friday in the 2200 block of Adams St.
A firearm was reportedly stolen from a pickup at 1010 Roosevelt St.
Burglary was reported at 1404 10th St.
A non-injury crash was reported at 11:27 p.m. at 801 Baker Ave.
A possible prowler was reported at 12:15 a.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of Kansas Ave.
Someone took a purse that was left in a shopping cart Saturday at Wal-Mart.
A dog at 1701 Hubbard St. got loose and was reportedly taken by an unknown subject around 4:29 p.m. Saturday.
Suspected drug paraphernalia was collected from a hotel room Sunday morning.
A burglary at Gambino’s Pizza, 1309 Main, was reported. Someone entered the building and took cash from the register; total loss was $567.
A burglary was reported at 1010 Roosevelt St. A television and an Xbox were taken from the residence. Total loss was $865.

Barton County Jail
Booked Aug. 3
Jayson Standlee, Ellinwood — Driving under the influence
Jose Manual Arias — Serve sentence
Joel Davis — Probation violation
Heather L. Ward — Domestic battery
Cody B. Helsel — Serve sentence

Released Aug. 3
Calvin Hinz, Lincolnville — To Saline County Sheriff’s Office
Jayson Standlee — $1,000 cash/surety bond
Charles Albert Gann, Great Bend — To U.S. Marshal
Heather L. Ward — $1,000 surety
Tia K. Hatten — Serve sentence
Cody B. Helsel — Serve sentence

Booked Aug. 4
Joshua Jackson, Great Bend — Serve sentence

Released Aug. 4
Wade Wagner — Serve sentence in full

Booked Aug. 5
Gabriel Mittel, Great Bend — Domestic battery
Crystal Pennington, Great Bend — Domestic battery
Samuel Freeman, Ellinwood — Aggravated assault on law enforcement officer, four counts aggravated assault, felony obstruction
Amber Wilson, Hoisington — Failure to appear

Released Aug. 5
Gabriel Mittel — $1,000 surety bond
Crystal Pennington — $1,000 surety
Austin Amos — To Rice County jail