Great Bend Fire Department
Firefighters had eight ambulance calls on Wednesday. There were no fires.

Great Bend Police
Forged checks were written or cashed at Dillons, 4107 10th St., it was reported Wednesday.
Vehicles driven by Gerald Doerfler and Laveta Elam collided at 2:32 p.m. on 10th St. in front of Applebee’s where Doerfler was pulling from the parking lot. This was reported as an injury accident.
A vehicle was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle at an unknown location in town.
A vehicle was allegedly damaged by a known person while it was in the Casey’s parking lot, 1315 10th St.
Someone reportedly stole a 2-liter bottle of pop from Love’s Country Store, 1221 10th St., and fled on foot.

Barton County Sheriff
Fuel tanks and caps were broken at 1008 SE 40 Road, it was reported Wednesday.
Someone broke into an office at 76 SE 16 Road sometime Tuesday night, damaging a door.

Barton County Jail
Booked Dec. 17
Bo Jack Coley, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Brian Palmer, Rush Center — Ness County warrant for giving a worthless check
Tara Ruiz, Great Bend — Theft and aid and abet; bond set at $50,000
Christine Goodpasture, Great Bend — Theft; bond get at $50,000
Teri Wilkinson, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Rashawn M. Day, Ogden — Rush County warrant for failure to appear

Released Dec. 17
Jose Alvarez-Martinez, Great Bend — Serve sentence in full
Kyle Dreiling, Great end — Own recognizance
Michael Wheeler, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Clayton M. Becker — $5,000 surety bond
Gail Manley — Own recognizance
Christine Goodpasture — $10,000 own-recognizance bond
Bo Jack Coley — $2,000 surety bond
Tara Ruiz — $50,000 surety
Calvin Hinz — $5,000 surety