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OTR for April 11, 2013
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Great Bend Police
An identity theft case was taken Monday when a woman said someone is using her driver’s license number.
Two mirrors were reported stolen from 219 Elm St.
A vehicle allegedly driven by Lucas Thomson hit a parked vehicle at 3503 10th St. Monday afternoon and then left the area. He was later located.
A hit-and-run vehicle backed into a parked vehicle at Discount Laundry, 2201 10th St.
A wallet was reported stolen from the store at 1910 Broadway Ave.
A vehicle driven by Madison Murphy was westbound on Broadway at 4:07 p.m. Monday and rear-ended a vehicle driven by Madeline Begg, who was stopped in traffic at K-96.
Checks were reportedly stolen from 1110 Hubbard St.
Oxygen and acetylene bottles were reported stolen from 5520 10th St. on Tuesday. Loss was $683.30.
Theft of a 2002 Ford Ranger from 408 Buckeye St. was reported at Tuesday. The pickup was found at Third and Hubbard and returned to the owner.
A vehicle driven by Matt Suchy was northbound on Harrison St. at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday and struck a vehicle driven by Brent Manning, who was southbound making a left turn onto 10th St.
A pickup at 9810 B-29 Way was damaged.
An officer made a narcotics arrest from a vehicle on Third St. at 11:11 p.m. Thursday after K-9 Chester indicated the presence of suspected drugs.

Great Bend Fire Department
Firefighters made five ambulance runs Tuesday. There were no fires.

Barton County Jail
Booked April 5
Jose Navarrete, Great Bend — Driving while under the influence and no driver’s license; failure to appear
Jose Villalobos, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Michael Loughner, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Jason Brown, Great Bend — Six counts of felony forgery, one count of felony theft by deception and six counts of misdemeanor theft
Eric Ehster, Hoisington — Driving under the influence, driving while suspended and no proof of insurance
Amber Unruh, Dodge City — Failure to appear

Released April 5
Bradley Ehster, Great Bend — On Barton County case
Francisco Rocha, Great Bend — Served sentence in full
Eric Ehster, Hoisington — $1,250 surety bond

Booked April 6
Jessie Esparza, Great Bend —  Felony contempt of court
Richard L. Lamb, Great Bend — Driving under the influence, no insurance and failure to maintain single lane
Sergio Lozoya, Great Bend — No driver’s license and illegal window tint
Jonni Anne Weesner, Great Bend — Contempt of court, driving while suspended, no insurance, no tag and no seat belt
Ernesto Montez, Great Bend — Salina municipal court warrant for contempt of court and Salina District Court warrants for probation violation

Released April 6
Richard L. Lamb — $1,000 surety bond
Sergio Lozoya — $1,000 surety
Jonni Anne Weesner — $246 cash bond and $1,000 surety

Booked April 7
Jon Arthur Kubitscheck, Great Bend — Criminal threat
Alma Marrufo, Great Bend — Driving while suspended

Released April 7
Evelyn Louise Kasper, Claflin — $160 cash bond
Michael Loughner, Greta Bend — Serve partial sentence
Jose Villalobos, Great Bend — Serve partial sentence
Alma Marrufo — $1,000 surety

Booked April 8
Julio Gutierrez, Ponca City, Okla. — No driver’s license and speeding
Leonel Lira, Great Bend — Probation violation
Jaime Velazquez-Vallez, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Tiffany Romeo, Independence, Mo. — Driving while suspended
Daryl Wilkerson, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Luke James Thomson, Great Bend — Giving a worthless check
Justin Herren, Hoisington — Marshall County warrant for failure to appear
Tamatha Beal, Great Bend — Probation violation
Christopher Maher, Ellinwood — Failure to appear

Released April 8
Julio Gutierrez — $1,000 cash bond
Jaime Velazquez-Vallez — $2,000 surety
Ernesto Montez — To Saline County Sheriff’s Office
Daryl Wilkerson — $2,000 cash/surety
Tiffany Romeo — $1,000 surety
Luke James Thomson — $236.61 cash