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OTR for July 4, 2013
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made nine ambulance runs on Tuesday.
There was a stubble field fire at 12:17 p.m. in the 500 block of West Barton County Road, caused by farm machinery that was being used for swathing. Firefighters were at the site for over an hour.
At 6 p.m. Tuesday they responded to 1924 Williams St., where they found juveniles had set some paper towels on fire in the “shack” at J and D Raceway. Loss was $350 and the Great Bend Police Department is investigating this as an arson case.

Great Bend Police
A hit-and-run vehicle was westbound in the 3900 block of 10th St. at 12:16 p.m. Tuesday and sideswiped a vehicle driven by Colby Crawford, who was also westbound.
A vehicle driven by Jenna Boden was westbound on 12th St. at 5:49 p.m. and struck a vehicle driven by Kacee Kassleman, who was northbound on Jackson St. This was reported as an injury accident.
A vehicle was reportedly stolen from 3219 24th St. and found in Sedgwick County.

Barton County Jail
Booked July 1
Consuela Cerna, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Timothy C. Chism, Great Bend — Probation violation
Justin Peterson, Great Bend — Reno County warrant for felony theft and theft
Eric S. Ehster, Hoisington — Serve sentence
Michael Halseth, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Allison Jones, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Darin Harmon, Great Bend — Probation violation
Ryan Placher, Ellinwood — Giving a worthless check
Christopher Holt, Great Bend — Failure to appear

Released July 1
Bryce Anderson, Ellinwood — Served sentence in full
Rodolfo Pered, Great Bend — Served sentence in full
Matthew Pritchett, Great Bend — $2,000 surety bond
Kimberly Menser, Great Bend — $1,000 surety
Justin Walker, Great Bend — $2,500 surety
Dontae Adams, Great Bend — Withdraw warrant from Ellinwood Municipal Court
Anna M. Sanchez, Great Bend — Serve partial sentence
Timothy C. Chism, Great Bend — $5,000 cash bond

Booked July 2
Jana Troedle, Burlington, Iowa — Probation violation
Sarah Pivonka, Larned — No driver’s license and no seat belt
Valarie Ledesma, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Dustin Rich, Hoisington — Possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia, criminal trespass and criminal damage to property
Ernest Klima, Great Bend — Arrest and detain order and resisting arrest
Kobus VanDerVyer, Great Bend — Battery domestic violence
Rachel Cregger, Great Bend — Giving a worthless check

Released July 2
Jessica Chapman — To Texas Prisoner Transport on Young County, Texas charges
Alejo Dominguez-Campos — To Immigration and Customs Enforcement
David Roach, Ellinwood — Serve sentence
Valarie Ledesma, Great Bend — $300 cash
Ryan Placher, Ellinwood — $246.39 cash
Christopher Holt, Great Bend — $2,000 surety
Sarah Pivonka, Larned — $500 surety
Justin Peterson, Great Bend — $3,000 surety
Darin Harmon, Great Bend — $1,251.60 and 998 own-recognizance (OR) bonds
Carol Davis, Heizer — $526.95 OR bond
Kobus VanDerVyer, Great Bend — $1,000 suret