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OTR for May 5, 2015
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made 11 ambulance runs Friday, five Saturday and three Sunday.
At 8:03 a.m. Sunday units were called to the 100 block of SE 1 Ave. for an automatic alarm. It was a false alarm caused by cooking smoke.

Great Bend Police
A bike was found Friday in a parking lot near Riley School, 1515 10th St.
Theft of a handicap placard was reported.
Non-injury accidents were reported at 2:28 p.m. Friday at 2027 Morton St., and at 4:25 p.m.  on Williams St.
An aggravated burglary was reported at 4:51 a.m. Saturday at 1033 Adams St., Apartment C. The occupant said an unknown suspect kicked open his door and then ran away after being confronted.
Golden Belt Humane Society was contacted Saturday afternoon, after a large bull snake showed up in the Dog Park at Veterans Memorial Park.
From around 7-11 p.m. Saturday, police received reports of loud explosions, shots fire or fireworks at various locations, and possible fireworks and screaming at 9:28 p.m. on 19th St. Nothing was found. Calls ranged from Buckeye Street to 21st St., and several areas in between.
Someone broke a window at 823 Madison St.
At 12:30 a.m. Sunday, police received a report of a broken window on a vehicle at 5520 Broadway Ave.
Police responded to a disturbance at 7:23 a.m. Sunday in the 5800 block of Hemlock Dr. A 27-year-old male was booked on an assault charge in lieu of $500 or 48 hours in jail.
Someone broke the back sliding window on a truck at 1801 Willow Lane; the back window on a 2014 Ford Escape at 5836 Aspen was shot out; and a window was broken on a vehicle at 910 Baker Ave.
A maroon/brown 1998 Ford F-150 pickup was reportedly stolen from a residence at 921 Eighth St.
A domestic battery was reported at 2:28 p.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of Frey St.
A bumper was reportedly stolen from 1420 Truman St.
A known person alledgedly broke someone’s phone Sunday night in the 1900 block of Jackson Ave.

Barton County Sheriff
A motorcycle and another vehicle were involved in a non-injury accident at 6:56 p.m. Friday on U.S. 56, in a construction zone 4-5 miles east of Great Bend.
A battery was reported Friday night at the Barton County Jail.
A vehicle slid into the ditch and came back out at 1:05 p.m. Saturday on NW 60 Road near NW 50 Ave.
A traffic arrest of a subject on a motorcycle was made at 4:07 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of N. Washington Ave.