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OTR for Feb. 4, 2014
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made eight ambulance runs Friday, eight Saturday and two Sunday.
At 12:48 a.m. Saturday they responded to Walmart for an alarm. It was a system malfunction and there was no fire.
At 12:03 p.m. Sunday they responded to 6036 Eisenhower for smoke/CO detectors going off. There was no fire and the house was checked for carbon monoxide and none was found. At 1:23 p.m. Sunday they extinguished an unauthorized burn at 184 South Washington St.

Great Bend Police
Theft of $90.71 in fuel was reported Friday at 1906 Main St.
Someone dented a car door at 2808 17th St.
A known female allegedly stole a pair of sunglasses Friday from 2337 Washington St.
A vehicle driven by Jenna Miller hit a phone box on 10th St. at 10:45 a.m. Saturday.
A vehicle driven by Marco Guevara hit a tree on Fifth St. at 10:51 a.m.
A vehicle driven by Juan Castaneda hit a parked vehicle at 2521 Walnut Dr. at 3:06 p.m.
A vehicle driven by Krystal Coleman was traveling south in the 1500 block of Harrison St. at 3:18 p.m. and rear-ended a vehicle driven by Randy Stude.
An unknown motorist hit a stop sign on Third St.
At 9:26 p.m. Saturday, a man in a white pickup got $50 in fuel from 2716 10th St. and did not pay.
Theft of a portable stop sign on Broadway Ave. was reported Sunday morning.
Vehicles driven by Shawna Barry and Heather Helvie collided at 1:53 p.m. Sunday on Lakin Ave.
Fuel was stolen from two City vehicles at 2005 Kansas Ave.

Barton County Sheriff
On Friday, the Barton County Sheriff’s Office received a report of 15 different locations where signs had been vandalized.
A vehicle hit a telephone pole on South Washington Ave. and SW 70 Road.
A pickup slid off 10th St. at Main in Great Bend at 9:06 p.m. Friday.
A car went in the ditch on K-96 and NW 70 Ave. at 11:15 p.m.
At 7:12 a.m. Saturday, BCSO received a report of a car on its side in the trees on SW 50 Ave. near NW 50 Road, with someone inside. This was an injury accident and the driver may have suffered a broken rib.
A vehicle with a lot of damage was pulled from a ditch Saturday morning on NE 10 Road near NE 90 Ave.
A vehicle went in the ditch at 7:49 a.m. Saturday in the 400 block of North Washington Ave.
At 8:05 a.m. Sunday, a motorist reported sliding off NW 150 Road near NW 50 Ave. and hitting a fence.