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OTR for Aug. 15, 2016
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made two ambulance runs of Friday, five on Saturday and three on Sunday. There were no fires.

Great Bend Police

Aug. 12
Criminal damage was reported at 8th and Pine Street.
Theft of a stove and a refrigerator was reported in the 3100 Block of Forest Avenue.
Theft of a saw was reported at Lakin and Jackson Avenue.
Criminal damage was reported in the 1600 Block of Baker Avenue. A car was damaged.
A non-injury accident was reported in the 1500 Block of Wheatridge Street.

Aug. 13
Theft of a bicycle was reported at Club 1 Fitness located in the 3800 Block of Broadway Avenue.
Theft of a cell phone was reported in the 1200 Block of Adams Street.
An injury accident was reported in the 300 Block of Frey Street.

Aug. 14
Theft of a vehicle was reported in the 2600 Block of 12th Street. The vehicle was later recovered in Rice County and an arrest was made.
Theft of a lawn statue was reported in the 2300 Block of Franklin Street.

Aug. 15
Theft of fuel was reported at Kwik Shop located in the 3900 Block of Broadway Avenue.

Barton County Sheriff

Aug. 12
Theft was reported at 106 East E St. in Ellinwood.
Theft of a chain saw was reported at 561 South Main St. in Hoisington.

Aug. 14
A non-injury accident was reported at SE 70 Road and SE 60 Ave.
An injury accident was reported at 1204 Susank Road in Hoisington.

Barton County Jail
Booked Aug. 12
Jacob King, Great Bend — Probation violation
Savannah Gee, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Jose L. Alvarez-Martinez — Serve sentence
Dennis Steriner — Three counts of felony forgery, three counts felony theft by deception
Billy Hamilton — Serve sentence
Matthew Cooley, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Margarita Cruz-Hernandez, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Jose Esquivel-Dominguez, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Eric Duerkson, Great Bend — Driving while suspended, illegal tags, no insurance, flee and elude, obstruction, improper use of a roadway, violation of basic speed, fail to stop at stop sign, probation violation

Released Aug. 12
Taliesa R. Humphrey — Serve sentence
Jeffery J. Kramer — $228 cash bond
Savannah R. Gee, Great Bend — To Lyon County Sheriff
Matthew Cooley, Great Bend — $2,500 cash/surety bond

Booked Aug. 13
Marcus Meadows, Great Bend — No drivers license, no insurance, illegal tag
Kandace Elsasser, St. John — Serve sentence
Layne Pilbern, Great Bend — Serve sentence

Released Aug. 13
Steven Herren, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Marcus Meadows, Great Bend — $500 surety bond

Booked Aug. 14
Oscar Rincon-Campos, Lyons — Driving under the influence, speeding, drive on left side of center
Spencer A. Wolfkill, Great Bend — Driving while suspended, no insurance, defective muffler, ignition interlock required
Kristen Decker, Hoisington — Unlawful abuse of toxic vapors

Released Aug. 14
Jose L. Alvarez-Martinez — Serve sentence
Nelson Martinez — $1,000 surety bond
Kristen Decker — $1,000 cash/surety bond