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OTR for July 31, 2013
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made five ambulance runs Monday.
At 2:24 a.m. Tuesday, firefighters responded to Applebee’s, where there was an electrical short in a kitchen wall outlet. The staff had been cleaning and thought they may have gotten the outlet wet.
At 11:49 a.m. Monday a smoke detector was activated on K-96. No fire was found.

Barton County Sheriff
A burglary at 1056 SE 20 Road was reported Monday. Someone entered the residence and stole $2,200 in cash.
Burglary and criminal damage at NE 70 Ave. and NW 30 Road were reported.
Deputies responded to NE 110 Ave. and NE K-156 at 8:40 p.m. Monday, after receiving a report that a male had slashed a female’s tire during an argument. There was damage to a valve stem on the right rear tire.


Great Bend Police
Shoplifting at 2334 Main was reported Monday.
A vehicle driven by Gergerta Dewald hit a pole in the parking lot at 3503 10th St. at 2:38 p.m. Monday, and was towed.
A theft case was taken after an unknown person allegedly wrote checks on a closed account.
A vehicle driven by Masen Torres struck the back of a vehicle driven by Brad Patzner at 5:30 p.m. while Patzner was stopped in traffic on 19th St., waiting to turn.

Barton County Jail
Booked July 29
Ira Cape — Serve sentence
Jessey Fletcher, Gypsum — Failure to appear
Taylor Turner, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Suzanne Marie Witten, Great Bend — Cultivation, distribution or possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance and no drug tax stamp; bond set at $100,000
Marcus A. Bryant, Great Bend — Battery domestic violence
Martin Bryant, Great Bend — Battery domestic violence

Released July 29
Michael Meados, Great Bend — Own recognizance
Gerardo Carabajal — To Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Jason Kober, Great Bend — $1,000 surety bond
William Corkill, Great Bend — $5,000 surety
Taylor Turner, Great Bend — $500 bond
Aaron Clark, Hudson — $5,000 cash/surety bond on Thomas County warrant and order of release from Stafford County
Jeffrey Raybern, Ellinwood — $500 cash bond for Stafford County
Melissa Henizman, Stafford — Served sentence in full
Daisy Colgan, Heizer — Own recognizance
Martin Bryant, Great Bend — $1,000 surety