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OTR for May 19, 2015
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made seven ambulance runs Friday, six Saturday and five Sunday.
At 6:37 p.m. Friday, units responded to 1310 Adams St. for a smoke alarm that had been activated by cooking.
At 5:33 p.m. Saturday, units responded to 3806 Broadway for a false alarm caused by a malfunctioning detector.

Barton County Sheriff
A Mazda pickup hit a deer at 5:29 a.m. Friday on East U.S. 56 near NE 40 Ave.
A license tag was reportedly stolen in Barton County.
Two vehicles collided at 6:20 p.m. Friday on North U.S. 281 and NE 30 Road.
A Dodge pickup hit a deer at 9:30 p.m. Sunday on U.S. 56, just east of the K-156 junction (Doonan’s).

Great Bend Police
A stop sign was missing Friday morning at a 10th St. intersection, so a portable sign was put up.
An accident was reported at 1:23 p.m. Friday on 10th St.
Vehicles driven by Billie Ogden and Everett Craft collided at 1:50 p.m. at a Walmart entrance in the 3400 block of 10th St.
A vehicle driven by Jim Rowell struck a parked vehicle at 3:48 p.m. in the 3200 block of 24th St.
A man reported a female subject withdrew $50 from his bank account without his permission.
A bike was found behind a building in the 500 block of Morton St. on Friday evening. It was booked into evidence.
A vehicle driven by Marcelino Mirnada backed into a parked vehicle at 7:20 p.m. in the 5800 block of Birchwood.
Vehicles driven by Adam Wintholz and Robert Olivier collided at 10:40 a.m. Saturday in the 3800 block of Broadway Ave.
A hit-and-run vehicle struck a parked vehicle on 16th St. sometime Friday night.
At 11:09 p.m. Sunday, police received a report that a window was broken on a vehicle at 2421 Shawnee Dr.
At 11:15 p.m., an individual on Barton Dr. reported being shot with an Airsoft pellet rifle. A suspect was stopped and arrested for driving with a suspended license.
At 11:28 p.m., a caller reported someone with a BB gun driving around in a red pickup in the 400 block of Firethorn St.
At 12:26 a.m. Monday, someone threw a rock through a window at 2807 Gano St.

Barton County Jail
Booked May 15
William Newman Jr., Great Bend — Drunk pedestrian
Garry Smith III, Ellinwood — Contempt of court, possession of hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia
Juvenile, Ellinwood — Attempted aggravated criminal sodomy
Juvenile, Great Bend — Criminal use of weapon, and purchase/consumption of alcoholic beverage
Chad Niles — Aggravated endangering a child’s life
Juvenile, Great Bend — On Reno County case for two counts of battery of a law enforcement officer, two counts battery, criminal damage to property
Juvenile, Great Bend — Aggravated battery with great bodily harm or disfigurement
Jacob Philbern, Hoisington — Failure to appear
Curtis Julian, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Stacey Henderson — Serve sentence
Randy Moore, Great Bend — Probation violations
Eric Duerksen, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Jacob Robinson, Salina — Salina warrant for failure to appear

Released May 15
Michael Blackman — To Newton Police Department
Juvenile, Ellinwood — On Barton County case
Juvenile, Great Bend — To Juvenile Correctional Facility in Larned
Dakota W. Fletcher — Serve sentence
Juvenile, Great Bend — On Reno County case
Juvenile, Great Bend — On Barton County case
Jacob Philbern, Hoisington — $500 surety bond
Amanda Decker, Great Bend — $5,000 surety bond
Jacob Robinson — $85 cash bond

Booked May 16
Cynthia Christinsen, Wheatland, Mo. — Battery domestic violence
Kevin Burns, Great Bend — On Great Bend Municipal Court case
Eric Wise, Ellinwood — Ellinwood Municipal Court case for disorderly conduct, obstruction, assault and criminal trespass; Reno County warrant for failure to appear
Marcus Adams, Hoisington — Domestic battery
Baldemar Torres, Great Bend — Driving while suspended
Tonya Cope, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Melanie Adams, Hoisington — Battery domestic violence

Released May 16
Cynthia Christinsen — $1,000 surety bond
Jerrod Espinosa, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Kevin Burns — $1,000 surety
Patton Mills, Great Bend — Served sentence in full
Baldemar Torres — $500 surety
Marcus Adams — $2,500 surety
William Newman Jr., Great Bend — Own recognizance

Booked May 17
no bookings

Released May 17
Eric Wise, Hutchinson — Own recognizance
Melanie Adams, Hoisington — $2,500 own-recognizance bond
Curtis Julian, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Ryan Wong, Protection — Serve sentence
Eric Duerksen, Great Bend — Served sentence in full