Great Bend Fire/EMS

Firefighters were dispatched to Alfalfa Pellets LLC, 379 NW 40 Road, Great Bend, at 6:58 a.m. Wednesday. Moisture in bales, combined with heat, and lead to spontaneous combustion. Firefighters separated bales so the fire would not spread and allowed them to burn. Because the bales can burn for hours, someone saw the fire around 10 p.m. and called it in again.

There were two Emergency Medical Service calls on Wednesday.

Great Bend Police

Theft of Rent-A-Center items was reported Wednesday.

An individual at Pathways ResCare reported being battered by a client.

An assault was reported at 6:20 p.m. at 2nd and Plum.

A non-injury crash was reported at 7:55 p.m. at Buff Car Wash, 4800 10th St.

A fight was reported at 7:58 p.m. in the 1000 block of Warner Circle.

A non-injury crash was reported at 8:38 p.m. at Walmart.

A burglary was reported at 716 Morton. Someone broke into the residence and took items.

Barton County Sheriff

A non-injury crash was reported at 7:13 a.m. Wednesday at Kaiser Total Service, 652 S. Main, Hoisington.

Criminal damage to property was reported at 33 SE 35 Ave., Great Bend.

A non-injury crash was reported at 7:10 p.m. on North U.S. 281, Great Bend, at mile marker 111.

Barton County Jail

Booked June 5

Eugene Black — Probation violation

Esteban Foster, Great Bend — Failure to appear

Albert Hass, Great Bend — Probation violation

Eric Ehster, Great Bend — Probation violation

Louis Oliver, Great Bend — Battery domestic violence

Jerry W. Hampton Jr. — Failure to appear

Released June 5

Randy Bartlett, Salina — To treatment

Tucker Trevino, Great Bend — By order of court

Esteban Foster — $1,000 surety bond

Bailey S. Fish, Great Bend — $10,000 own-recognizance bond

Joshua J. Carey, Great Bend — $1,000 own-recognizance bond

Jerry W. Hampton Jr. — $2,000 surety