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OTR for June 3, 2014
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made seven ambulance runs Friday, one Saturday and four Sunday.
At 12:38 p.m. Friday they responded to a gas leak at 2715 18th St. There was a leak at the meter below ground and the gas company was notified. There were also two false alarms Friday.
On Saturday firefighters responded to four unauthorized fires.

Great Bend Police
A license plate was stolen from a car at 2206 28th St., it was reported Friday.
A fake $20 came into the bank at 3600 10th St.
A fraud case was taken when a Great Bend resident reported not getting a Kansas license tag in the mail.
A store manager at 2400 10th St. reported two known women for alleged shoplifting. Notices To Appear (NTAs) in municipal court were signed and served.
At 7:39 p.m. Friday, a man reported reeling in a safe at Stone Lake, 2401 Railroad Ave. It was booked as evidence.
A burglary at Maggie’s Bar, 1318 Kansas Ave., was reported Saturday morning. Unknown persons took signs and beer taps, and damaged the property.
A burglary was reported at 8801 6th St. Unknown persons broke into a shed and took a trailer. Loss was $1,000.
At 2:05 a.m. Sunday, it was reported that a known person allegedly stole a box of condoms from 2334 Main. An NTA was signed.
A burglary was reported at 2819 25th St. Someone broke into a vehicle and took items. Later in the day, a similar report was made at 1901 Washington Ave.
Vehicles driven by Vincent Lauderdale and Manuel Rodriguez collided at 7:46 p.m. Sunday at 19th and Main. The Rodriguez vehicle then struck a vehicle driven by Gala Burger who was stopped on 19th St. at the red light. Rodriguez was cited for allegedly running a red light.
Between 11:25 a.m. Sunday and 4:40 a.m. Monday, police received five reports of windows being broken on parked vehicles. Reports were at 3632 Meadowlark Lane, 3329 23rd St., 2313 Garfield St., 1721 Lincoln St. and on Forest Ave.

Barton County Sheriff
A theft case was taken Friday when a rural Ellinwood resident reported paying for Kansas license tags online, and not receiving them in the mail.
A theft case was taken Friday at the jail.
A vehicle hit a deer at 9:11 p.m. Saturday on K-156, right before the Claflin turnoff/east K-4 ramp.
A 6-year-old girl was taken to the Great Bend Regional Hospital Emergency Room sometime Saturday night after a four-wheeler accident on the Arkansas River, SE 10 Road and South U.S. 281.
A vehicle hit a deer at 12:13 p.m. Sunday on NE 10 Ave. and NE 30 Road.