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OTR for Oct. 16, 2013
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Mutual aid requested
At 1:49 p.m. Tuesday, the Great Bend Fire Department received a request from Rice County for mutual aid at an oil rig southwest of Raymond, where a man was injured and was reportedly 50 feet above the ground with his hand caught in a pulling unit. Great Bend Fire Chief Mike Napolitano said a technical team was dispatched to help with a high-angle rope rescue.

Great Bend Police
A vehicle was keyed at 801 Baker Ave., it was reported Monday.
Vehicles driven by Dennis Merica and Cheryl Isern collided at 2:19 p.m. in the 900 block of 10th St.
Three subjects allegedly “trashed” a room they rented at 4200 10th St.
Vehicles driven by Jeunnesse Adande and Jorge Gonzalez collided at 3:16 p.m. at 16th and Holland. All parties refused medical treatment; both vehicles were towed.
Someone broke a window on a trailer at 5501 Ninth St. No. 83.
A hit-and-run vehicle struck a van parked at 4100 Broadway Ave.

Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made five ambulance runs Monday.
Smoke alarms sent firefighters to 170 SW 40 Ave. at 9:06 a.m. Monday and to 1310 Taft St. at 4:49 a.m. Tuesday. No fires were found.
At 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, there was a structure fire at 3223 24th St.

Barton County Jail
Booked Oct. 14
Tina Nagle, Great Bend — Probation violation
Ruben Gonzalez-Torres, Medicine Lodge — Contempt of court/serve sentence
Christopher C. Whiting, Ellinwood — Failure to appear, three counts
Mason Walk, Great Bend — Battery domestic violence and criminal damage to property
Melissa Jean Heinzman, Great Bend — Probation violation

Released Oct. 14
John Read, Great Bend — To Kansas Department of Corrections
Geoffery Caldwell, La Crosse — For parole violation out of Rush County