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OTR for March 26, 2013
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Great Bend Fire Department
Firefighters made 11 Emergency Medical Service runs Friday, 11 Saturday and three Sunday.
At 10:20 p.m. Friday they extinguished a small fire in a pit at 304 Elm St.
They performed a carbon monoxide check at 9:54 p.m. Saturday at 5327 Quail Creek. CO was found in the residence and the gas company and a service company were called to fix the problem.

Great Bend Police
A hit-and-run vehicle struck a parked vehicle at 3503 10th St. on Friday.
A man at 1810 Hubbard St. called police at 10:45 p.m. Friday to report someone entering the residence while he was sleeping and stealing a Kindle-brand electronic book reader valued at $250.
A GBPD patrol car was leaving the south side of Stole Lake at 12:58 a.m. Saturday and hit a tree stump at 2401 Railroad Ave. Barton County Sheriff’s Office handled the report.
A vehicle driven by Urial Montoya slid on 10th St., which was snow-packed, at 10:29 p.m. Saturday and hit the curb.
Police refused to take a case initially from an intoxicated woman on 18th St. who called 911 at 2:43 a.m. Sunday to report someone had stolen her car. She admitted she did not know where she left it. She called again at 10:09 a.m. with questions about a “possible stolen vehicle,” reports show. Her final call to police came at 7:45 p.m. when she reported finding the car.
A woman was arrested at 4:20 a.m. Sunday on 24th St., for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia, as well as possession of brass knuckles.
Vehicles driven by Roy McMahan and Len Kramp collided at 11:06 a.m. Sunday at Eisenhower Ave. and Patton Road.
A anonymous caller at 2:18 a.m. Monday told police someone was loading a freezer in the back of a black pickup on 30th St. The driver was later identified. She was released once it was determined that the house and the freezer were abandoned.


Barton County Sheriff
Vehicles collided on NW 70 Road near NW 30 Ave. at 11:53 a.m. Friday.
An elderly woman talked to a dispatcher Friday about how her son was beating and abusing her, but she was not willing to give much information, so no case was taken.
Items were falling off an overloaded pickup on west U.S. 56 headed to toward Larned at 7:05 p.m. Friday. A blue plastic trash can hit a car, causing minor damage. Officers could not locate the pickup.
At 7:50 p.m. Friday, a woman at All Seasons Mobile Home Community, 4 NW 30 Road, reported being battered by two known subjects. One of the women was arrested for a Great Bend Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear.
A vehicle was traveling too fast for road conditions at 11:37 a.m. Saturday and went off NE 10 Road near NE 90 Ave.
Kansas Highway Patrol worked a non-injury accident on NW 120 Road and west K-4 at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
A Nebraska resident contacted the BCSO because he believes someone in Nebraska has put out a “hit” on him, for something that occurred in Great Bend in 2011. He was advised to contact his local law enforcement agency.
Slide-offs started being reported around 10:30 p.m. Saturday and continued well into Sunday morning.
Larned Police Department took a courtesy report from a woman at the Larned Emergency Room, who was reported the victim of a domestic battery in Pawnee Rock on Sunday. A male suspect was later arrested in Pawnee Rock by BCSO.