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OTR for July 2, 2014
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Great Bend Fire/EMSFirefighters made eight ambulance runs on Monday. There was one false alarm, but no fires.Great Bend PoliceOn Monday morning, Great Bend residents discovered someone had entered their vehicles and taken wallets at 1301 Harding St. and 911 Grant St.An injury accident was reported at 1 p.m. A vehicle driven by Vanessa Lewis was westbound in the 700 block of 10th St. and reportedly rear-ended a vehicle driven by Michael Bowles, who was stopped in traffic.Vehicles driven by a City of Great Bend employee and Jessica Yost collided at 3:10 p.m. on Third St. Kansas Highway Patrol worked the accident due to a city vehicle being involved. No injuries were reported.A hit-and-run vehicle struck a parked vehicle in the 1200 block of Morton St.Vehicles driven by Kynlee Doll an Shannon Delgado collided at 4:29 p.m. at 3503 10th St.A known person allegedly broke several items at 815 Hubbard St. during an argument and was served a notice to appear (NTA) in municipal court.A boys 20-inch bicycle was reportedly stolen from Brit Spaugh Park.A man was served an NTA for allegedly shoplifting items at Walmart.A man was served an NTA for allegedly shoplifting a phone charger from Love’s, 1221 10th St.A motorist in a black Ford Excursion drove off from Love’s without paying for fuel at 2:34 a.m. Tuesday.Barton County SheriffThe low water crossing at NW 10 Road and NW 30 Ave. was closed Monday morning due to high water.A two-vehicle injury accident was reported at 4:11 p.m. at NE 30 Road and U.S. 281.Several radiators were reportedly stolen from 332 North U.S. 281.A motorist reporting backing into another vehicle at 9 p.m. in the 200 block of East Barton County Road, but no one was injured.Barton County JailBooked June 27Isabel Gonzalez, Great Bend — Contempt of courtWendell Akins, Ellinwood — Serve sentenceSara Wagner, Larned — Serve sentenceEric Duerksen, Great Bend — Serve sentenceKenneth Short, Great Bend— Serve sentenceChristopher Caro, Great Bend — Probation violationMatthew Kloke, Hays — Serve sentenceCodey Elsasser, St. John — Serve sentenceMatthew Thoren, Hoisington — Battery domestic violenceJaqueline Mazur, Lyons — Battery domestic violenceMichael Ellis, Great Bend — Forgery Victor Valencia, Great Bend — Aggravated assaultReleased June 27Gabrielle Marie Hernandez — $10,000 own recognizance bondTony Ray Erskine — $500 own recognizance bondMatthew Thoren, Hoisington — $1,000 cash bondTyler Bowers, Great Bend — $2,500 surety bond