Great Bend Fire/EMS
Two hay bales were on fire around 5 p.m. Wednesday in the area of SW 70 Road and SW 65 Ave. Loss was approximately $130.
Firefighters also made seven ambulance runs.

Great Bend Police
Forgery cases were taken Wednesday at 1315 10th St. and 1624 10th St.
A vehicle driven by Sara Farmer was northbound in the 3900 block of McKinley at 1:04 p.m. and struck a vehicle driven by Jay Denton, who had stopped in traffic.
A narcotics violation was reported at 3:09 p.m. at Great Bend High School, 2027 Morton St. No additional information was available as of Thursday afternoon.
Theft of a debit card from 2525 11th St. was reported at 4:49 a.m. Thursday.

Barton County Sheriff
Criminal damage to property at 101 Rock St., Pawnee Rock, was reported at 12:22 a.m. Thursday.

Barton County Jail
Booked Sept. 16
Jessica Vasquez, Great Bend — Failure to appear
Maygen J. Kilgore, Ellinwood — Failure to appear
Dennis Cannon, Great Bend — Failure to appear, contempt and probation violation
Jose Canales, Albert — Driving while suspended
Zachariah Dittrick, Great Bend — Failure to appear

Released Sept. 16
David Deistchle, Rush Center — Order to release from Rush County
Jessica Vasquez — $1,000 cash/surety bond
Maygen J. Kilgore — $500 bond
Jose Canales — $1,000 surety

Booked Sept. 17
Charles Washington — Possession of controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia
Christopher Denio, Stafford County — Stafford County cases for battery, obstruction and driving while suspended
Reashell Kuhns, Chase — Failure to appear
Michael Dee Redman, Great Bend — Violation of Protection From Abuse (PFA) order, criminal trespass
Jason Scott, Great Bend — PFA violation, possession of drug paraphernalia
Joe Villarreal, Great Bend — Failure to appear

Released Sept. 17
Michael Wheeler, Great Bend — Serve sentence
Kandace Elsasser, St. John — To Hodgeman County
Leticia Nicole Chacon — To Ford County
Keith Eric Duhnam — Own recognizance
Elias Flores Garza — Own recognizance