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OTR for March 18, 2013
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Great Bend Fire Department
Firefighters made six ambulance runs Thursday, eight Friday, three Saturday and five Sunday.
There was a false alarm at 6:10 p.m. Thursday at 2100 10th St.
On Friday, firefighters performed a carbon monoxide check at 2521 Walnut Drive but found no CO; later they checked on a gas meter at 1201 Fourth St. that had been hit by a vehicle. Gas to that meter was shut off.
On Saturday they responded to a bomb threat at 4:04 p.m. at Walmart. Nothing was found.
There were no fire calls on Sunday.

Great Bend Police
A Great Bend resident on Friday reported someone charging $39.99 on her debit card three times.
Theft of a drill from 2535 Broadway Ave. was reported. Loss was $200 and a notice to appear in municipal court was signed and served to a suspect.
Damage to the fence surrounding the business at 523 Washington St. was reported.
A vehicle driven by Rita Collins backed into a parked vehicle in the 2900 block of Gano St. at 3:14 p.m. Friday.
A hit-and-run vehicle backed into a vehicle at 514 Cleveland St. on Friday.
Vehicles driven by Joel Shelor and Gail Keller collided at 6:25 p.m. Friday on 11th St.
Burglary of a storage unit at 200 McKinley was reported.
At 7:40 p.m. Friday, an individual at 1606 21st St. reported a known male pointing a gun at her and her dog.
A vehicle hit a gas meter at 1201 Fourth St. Friday night and left the area.

Barton County Sheriff
Theft of brass valves and criminal damage to tank batteries at NE 110 Ave. and NE 160 Road was reported last Thursday.
A safe was found in a ditch in the 200 block of SW 2 Road and turned over to the sheriff’s office.
A car and deer collided at mile marker 168 of K-96 at 9:19 p.m. Thursday.
Locks were cut off several storage units on West Santa Fe Blvd., Ellinwood, last week.
A sport utility vehicle and a Freightliner truck were involved in a minor accident at Railroad Ave. and McKinley St., Great Bend, at 4:57 p.m. Friday.