Great Bend Fire Department
Where there’s smoke there isn’t always fire, as recent calls to the Great Bend Fire Department show.
There was a false alarm at 10:39 a.m. Friday, when someone saw a lot of smoke from a building on Patton Road. “It was just a smoke scare,” Firefighter Brad Deschner said. “A wood-burning stove had just been lit and it caused a lot of smoke – no fire.”
On Saturday an overheated humidifier at  717 Coolidge St. caused a lot of smoke, which had to be cleared from the home, but nor fire was found.
There was also a call at 6:19 a.m. Monday about a smoke smell at 1104 Eisenhower Ave., but no fire was found and there was no odor of smoke in the home.
Firefighters had 10 Emergency Medical Service calls on Friday, five Saturday and three Sunday.

Great Bend Police
Theft of items from a vehicle at 1015 Baker Ave. was reported Friday.
A forgery case was taken after a Great Bend resident reported someone writing checks on her account.
A vehicle driven by Tony Ayala was backing in the 1300 block of Main at 1:21 p.m. Saturday and struck a vehicle driven by Kayla Peterson, that was stopped in traffic.
A hit-and-run vehicle backed into a vehicle at 2716 10th St., it was reported Sunday.

Barton County Jail
Booked Jan. 4
Peter Zamarripa, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Richard Etim, Great Bend — Probation violation
Marcus Meadows, Great Bend — Contempt of court
William Cody Shaw — Serve sentence for Rush County
Mark Caton, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Ari Hooley, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Joni Margheim, Oklahoma — Failure to appear and probation violation
Jenna King — Probation violation

Released Jan. 4
Peter Zamarripa — Three $1,000 surety bonds
Maria Delacruz, Great Bend — $250 surety and own recognizance

Booked Jan. 5
John W. Kirk Jr., Russell — Failure to appear
Leonel H. Galindo, Great Bend — Rape; bond set at $500,000.
Jesus Garza III, Wichita — Failure to appear
Gari Herdt, Hays — Serve sentence
Joseph McNett, Great Bend — Failure to appear, contempt of court, serve sentence and giving a worthless check
Destiny F. (Davison) Binns, Scott City — Burglary, theft and criminal trespass

Released Jan. 5
No releases

Booked Jan. 6
Jennifer K. Shute, Larned — Failure to appear
Wilbert Sanko, Great Bend — Driving in violation of restriction and illegal transportation of liquor
Michael Wilkerson, Hoisington — Serve sentence
Brandi Krom, Great Bend — Contempt of court
John P. Flaherty, Claflin — Battery domestic violence and failure to appear, and a Russell County warrant for violation of Protection From Abuse order

Released Jan. 6
Destiny F. (Davison) Binns, Scott City — $20,000 surety bond
Wilbert Sanko, Great Bend — $2,500 surety bond
Jennifer Shute — $133 cash bond
Kyle J. Kruckenberg, Great Bend — $20,000 surety bond posted on Cape Girardeau, Mo., warrant
Ari Hooley, Great Bend — Served partial sentence