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OTR for March 12, 2014
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made six ambulance runs Monday.
At 3:18 p.m. they were dispatched to 170 NE 10 Road, where approximately 18 round bales of corn stalks were on fire. Loss was estimated at $1,000.

Great Bend Police
A criminal trespass case was taken Monday after an individual reported an unknown person entering the garage at 1608 Morton St.
An 18-year-old male allegedly threatened an individual in the 1900 block of Jackson St.
Three check forgeries were reported at Walmart.
A fraud case was taken after a Great Bend resident reported giving $50 to an unknown person via the telephone.
A hit-and-run vehicle struck a vehicle in the 5300 block of 10th St.

Barton County Sheriff
Theft of a tag from Craig Fischer Cathodic Systems Co. LLC, 680 SE 70 Road, rural Ellinwood, was reported Monday.

Barton County Jail
Booked March 6
Latonia Houtchens, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Catherine Johnson, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Steven Ledesma, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Ricky Myers, Great Bend — Contempt of court
Michael Brown, Hoisington — Parole violation
Jose Enriquez, Great Bend — Driving while suspended and obstruction
Jeremy Haynes, Ellinwood — Driving while suspended

Released March 6
Nathan Myers, Ness City — $1,000 surety bond and $50 cash bond
Timothy Chism — $1,500 own recognizance bond for Barton County; he is still being held for Ellis County
Steven Ledesma, Great Bend — $500 cash bond
Catherine Johnson, Great Bend — $5,000 surety bond
Richard Lamb, Hoisington — $25,00 surety bond
Jamie Baldwin, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Jose Enriquez, Great Bend — $1,000 surety bond
Jeremy Haynes, Ellinwood — $500 surety bond
Latonia Lee Houtchens, great Bend — $2,000 surety bond
William Moore — $241 cash bond
Lacey L. Bittner, Great Bend — $850 cash bond

Booked March 7
Eric Paul Shoemaker, Great Bend — Battery domestic violence
Pete Martinez, Stockton, Calif. — Driving while suspended, no driver’s license and obstructed windshield
Daniel Phenneger, Great Bend — Parole violation, and Kansas Department of Corrections arrest and detain warrant
Michelle Nelson, Great Bend — Probation violation
James Frank, Wichita — Failure to appear
Kevin Barnes, Great Bend — Criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct
Jessica Ketch, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Jessica Campbell, Hoisington — Failure to appear

Released March 7
Melinda Lucia Shoemaker, Great Bend — $1,000 cash/surety bond
Pete Martinez, Stockton, Calif. — $1,000 cash bond
Eric Paul Shoemaker, Great Bend — $1,000 surety bond
Timothy Chism — To Ellis County
Travis Begaye, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Jessica Ketch, Great Bend — $1,000 cash/surety bond
Jessica Campbell, Hoisington — $210 and $210 cash bonds

Booked March 8
Jessica Williams, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Justin Peterson — Possession of methamphetamine, and a Barton County warrant for failure to appear and a Russell County warrant for contempt of court
Amanda Davidson, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Jo Anne Sawyer, Great Bend — Contempt of court
Nicole McConkey, Hoisington — Battery domestic violence
Nathan Guile, Hoisington — Battery domestic violence
Juvenile, Great Bend — Minor in possession/minor in consumption and open container
Juvenile, Great Bend — Minor in possession, minor in consumption and open container
Justin Campbell, Hoisington — Failure to appear
Tyler Peterson, Great Bend — Possession of a controlled substance
Taylor Herren, Great Bend — Possession of methamphetamine and two warrants for failure to appear

Released March 8
Juvenile, Great Bend — To Bob Johnson Youth Shelter in Hutchinson
Amanda Davidson, Great Bend — $200 cash bond
Juvenile, Great Bend — To his parents
Juvenile, Great Bend — To Juvenile Justice Authority