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OTR for Jan. 15, 2014
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made three ambulance runs Monday.
They were dispatched to River Bend Assisted Living, 3820 Broadway, at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, after someone reported seeing smoke, but it was actually dust.

Great Bend Police
A vehicle driven by Larry Teager collided with a vehicle driven by Robert Fein at 12:33 p.m. Monday on 24th St.
A hit-and-run vehicle struck a parked vehicle in the 1500 block of 10th St.
A Kansas license plate was reported stolen.
A known person allegedly stole cat food from Love’s Country Store, 1221 10th St. On Monday a notice to appear in municipal court was signed and served.

Barton County Sheriff
A DVD and television were stolen from a locked room in student housing at Barton Community College, it was reported Sunday.
A hay bale was stolen from a field at K-156 and NE 20 Road, it was reported Monday.
A semitrailer went off East U.S. 56 near mile marker 215 at 1:58 a.m. Monday, after the driver swerved to miss a deer.
A farm truck reportedly hit a semi and kept going at 2:42 p.m. Monday on West K-4 and NW 120 Ave.

Barton County Jail
Booked Jan. 10
Bryant Galvin, Great Bend — Contempt of court
Nathan Myers, Ness City — Rush County warrant for speeding and no insurance
Eric W. Cogburn, Great Bend — Theft and driving while suspended
Levi Cottman, Great Bend — Theft
Clark Kern, Great Bend — Possession of hallucinogenic drug and possession of drug paraphernalia
Ky Polzin, Andrews, Texas — Two counts of possession of controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and contempt of court

Released Jan. 10
James Whiting, Larned — Own recognizance
Ashley Immediato, Great Bend — On Central Kansas Community Corrections case
Amy Clark, Great Bend — $50,000 own-recognizance bond
Jo Anne Sawyer, Great Bend — $5,000 own-recognizance bond
Eric W. Cogburn, Great Bend —$2,500 cash/surety bond
Levi Cottman, Great Bend — $2,500 bond
Clark D. Kern, Great Bend — $2,500 surety bond

Booked Jan. 11
Matthew Harris, Great Bend — Rice County warrant for contempt of court
Collin Kern, Great Bend — Possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia, and two counts of unlawful voluntary sexual relations
Kent Urban, Hoisington — Failure to appear
Aliya R. Marshall, Wichita —  Driving while suspended, no proof of insurance and speeding

Released Jan. 11
Benjamin Cross, McPherson — Served sentence in full
Aliya R. Marshall, Wichita — $1,000 surety bond

Booked Jan. 12
Elizabeth Behnke, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Juvenile, Hoisington — Probation violation
Ricky Jo Staab, Great Bend — Failure to appear

Released Jan. 12
Tifany Carr, Great Bend — $1,000 surety bond
Elizabeth Behnke, Great Bend — $200 cash bond
Juvenile — To Bob Johnson Youth Shelter, Hutchinson
Ricky Jo Staab, Great Bend — $1,000 surety bond