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OTR for March 31, 2015
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made eight ambulance runs Friday, three Saturday and six Sunday.
At 1:43 p.m. Saturday a brush rig was sent to N Road and 50 Ave. in Pawnee County, to assist with a controlled burn that was out of control.
At 5:21 p.m. units responded to 324 Marla St. for a possible unauthorized burn. They found someone burning in a legal burn pit with a water hose nearby.
At 9:24 p.m. units responded to the Radium Bridge and found a large campfire in the sand just off of the bridge. It was extinguished.
At 9:36 p.m. units responded to 465 SW 60 Ave. for grass and trees on fire.
At 12:35 p.m. Sunday, firefighters responded to 1300 Stone St. They found a radiator heater that was plugged into a wall receptacle had shorted out at the receptacle. The plug of the radiator was melted to the receptacle. The plug was removed, the receptacle was pulled and the breaker was tripped.

Great Bend Police
Theft of a Trek-brand bicycle was reported Friday at 1200 Van Buren St.
A wallet was found in the 3000 block of 21st St. and turned in to police.
A traffic arrest was made at 4:36 p.m. Friday in the 300 block of Frey St. Reynaldo Martinez was booked in the county jail on charges of operating a vehicle without a valid license, flee and elude, obedience to traffic control and no insurance. He was released after posting a $500 surety bond.
Vehicles driven by Kaylin Hillegeist and Norma Kite collided at 1:41 p.m. Saturday on 19th St.
Brandon M. Williams, Great Bend, was arrested at 5:45 p.m. Saturday in the 700 block of Morphy St. He was booked in the county jail on charges of possession of meth and paraphernalia, and criminal threat. He was released Saturday after posting a $10,000 surety bond.
At 2:57 a.m. Sunday, Richard Musil was arrested in the 2100 block of Jackson St. and booked in the jail on charges of possession of marijuana and illegal transportation of liquor (ITOL, which usually means an open container). Ashley Immediato was arrested and booked on charges of driving with a suspended license at ITOL. Both were released after posting surety bonds; Musil’s bond was $2,500 and Immediatio’s bond was $500.
Someone reportedly entered a vehicle at 5501 Ninth St. No. 68 and took compact discs and a flash drive.
A hit-and-run vehicle struck a pole in the 2600 block of 23rd St.
A window was damaged at 1317 Harding St.

Barton County Sheriff
A vehicle hit a deer at 8:26 p.m. Friday, about 5 miles northwest of Great Bend on K-96.
A burglary was reported at 1590 NE 50 Road.