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OTR for Feb. 18, 2014
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made two ambulance runs Friday, three Saturday and two Sunday.
On Saturday they responded to 1340 VanFleet for a fire alarm that was determined to be a system malfunction.

Great Bend Police
Vehicles driven by Kelly Shadduck and Tylan Kurth collided at 11:09 a.m. Friday in the 3200 block of 10th St.
Someone used an individual’s identity to file taxes, it was reported Friday.
A check was forged on an individual’s account.
Police received a driving complaint at 4:28 p.m., when a woman in a green car was seen “dancing with her hands” while driving on 10th St.
A stalking case was taken.
A woman reported two individuals were staring at her at 5:55 p.m. on Broadway Ave.
A vehicle driven by Kelsey Boyles was westbound in the 4600 block of 10th St. at 6:36 p.m. and rear-ended a vehicle driven by Amit Patel, who was stopped in traffic.
A hit-and-run vehicle struck a vehicle parked at 1222 Kansas Ave.
Theft by a juvenile was reported at 4107 10th St.
Someone cut two tires at 1318 Kansas Ave., it was reported Sunday.
Vehicles driven by Kevin Pekerek and Leland Vasquez collided at 2 p.m. Sunday as both drivers were backing up at 1410 20th St.
Damage to a vehicle at 2911 12th St. was reported.

Barton County Jail
Booked Feb. 12
Todd Churbuck, La Crosse — Russell County warrant for probation violation
Clayton Martin, Great Bend — Kansas Department of Corrections warrant for parole violation
Troy Gardiner, Great Bend or Burdett — Barton and Rice County warrants for probation violation
Jeremiah Pack, Great Bend — Probation violation
Paxtin Carey, Hoisington — Possession of marijuana and paraphernalia
Dalton Lewis, Hoisington — Possession of controlled substance and paraphernalia

Released Feb. 12
Apolonio Rios Jr., Great Bend — $1,500 cash bond
Kevin Melton, Great Bend — $2,500 cash/surety bond
Alberto Garcia, Great Bend — Time served for Stafford County
Meryl J. Ramirez, Great Bend — $1,000 surety
Paxtin Carey — $2,500 surety

Booked Feb. 13
Eric Hellerude, Hoisington — Battery domestic violence, disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property
Lacey J. Prather-Welch, Larned — Barton County warrant for probation violation, failure to appear; Reno County warrant for failure to appear
Shane Demel, Claflin — Russell County warrant for failure to appear

Released Feb. 13
Joseph Holbrook, Great Bend — Released on four Great Bend Municipal Court (GBMC) cases with no conditions
Jamie Baldwin, Great Bend — Served partial sentence
Collin Kern, Great Bend — $5,000 surety bond
Jessie Roat, Hoisington — $5,000 surety
Cory A. Glover, Great Bend — $1,000 surety
Crystal Richmeier, Great Bend — Order of release from GBMC
Shane Demel — $443 cash bond