Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made eight ambulance runs Tuesday. At 1:21 a.m. Wednesday they responded to an alarm that had been activated by cooking at 2409 Rock Bridge Road.
 
Great Bend Police
Theft of a license plate decal from 101 Pine St. was reported Tuesday.
A sex offense was reported at a Great Bend address.
Change was reportedly stolen from a vehicle at 604 10th St.
A hit-and-run vehicle was eastbound in the 1500 block of 10th St. at 5:08 p.m. Tuesday and struck a vehicle driven by Leonel Lira, who was also eastbound.
An officer was dispatched to a Great Bend address at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday for a Child in Need of Care (CINC) case. An officer handled an unrelated CINC case at another address at 12:57 a.m. Wednesday.

Barton County Sheriff
A Hoisington USD 431 school van hit a deer on U.S. 281 (South Main Street) near the Keystone Road intersection around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Theft of seven battery cores from in front of Damm Truck and Tire Shop, 5548 Oil Center Road South, was reported Tuesday. The theft occurred between Sept. 5 and 7, when the items were allegedly sold to Acme Scrap Inc. in Great Bend by a known person. The batteries were recovered and the investigation is continuing.
A 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier struck a deer in the 1100 block of NE 130 Ave. (near Claflin) at 7:51 p.m. Tuesday.
A motorist called at 11:13 p.m. to report she hit two cows with a 2002 PT Cruiser, two miles west of Susank on 190 Road, and was at home. Law enforcement from Russell went to get her information.

Kansas Highway Patrol
Vehicles collided at 4:36 p.m. Monday at an intersection in Salina. A 1994 Oldsmobile driven by Laura J. Weinhold, 63, Kanopolis, was northbound in the southbound lanes of South 9th St. A 2006 Toyota Corolla driven by Ruben M. Rivera, 55, McPherson, was turning left from Ave. B when the Oldsmobile struck the driver’s side of the Toyota. Both drivers were wearing seat belts. Weinhold was not injured. Rivera was taken to Salina Regional Health Center.
Two Larned residents were taken to Pawnee Valley Community Hospital following a one-vehicle accident that occurred around 5:18 p.m. Tuesday on K-19, half a mile west of the Seward turnoff in Stafford County. Mohammad Ali, 69, was driving west in a 2005 Toyota car which left the road for an unknown reason and rolled. He sustained undetermined injuries. Passenger Rashida Begum, 60, sustained possible injury. Both were wearing seat belts.

Barton County Jail
Booked Sept. 9
James Dowling, Wellsville, Ohio — Battery domestic violence
Monica Aleza Calzada, Great Bend — Failure to appear
McKenzie N. Usoro, Great Bend — Serve sentence

Released Sept. 9
Antonio Sanchez — Released to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody
Antonio Brison, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Orlin Akins — To supervised probation
Monica Aleza Calzada, Great Bend — $500 cash bond
Carolyn Tindall, Great Bend — $1,000 surety bond
Brandon R. Hill, Stafford County — $7,500 surety bond