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OTR for Oct. 28, 2019
on the record
OTR for Aug. 22, 2016

Great Bend Fire/EMS

There were five Emergency Medical Service calls on Monday and no fires.


Great Bend Police

Police received a report of subjects fighting in the area of the 1300 block of 4th St. at 3:49 a.m. Monday. A battery case was taken.

A hit-and-run crash was reported at Walmart.

A non-injury crash was reported at 3:10 p.m. at Broadway Ave. and Patton Road.

A non-injury crash was reported at 8:13 p.m. at Walnut Bowl.

A fight was reported at 7:59 a.m. Tuesday at Great Bend High School.

Theft of a trailer was reported Tuesday morning at ABC Mattress, 4908 10th St.


Barton County Sheriff

A theft was reported Monday at Straub’s Power Sports, 200 Patton Road, Great Bend.

A non-injury crash was reported at 10:46 a.m. at SE 20 Road and SE 100 Ave.

A theft was reported at 222 North Washington Ave., Great Bend.

A rollover, injury crash was reported at 3:37 p.m. Monday at NW 90 Road and NW 10 Ave., Hoisington.


Barton County Jail

Booked Oct. 28

Gwen D. Finnnigan — Contempt of court

Garrett Buckbee — Serve sentence

Kenneth Gray, Great Bend — Harvey County warrant for probation violation

Emilio Torres-Nunez, transferred from Garden City — Hodgeman County case for first-degree murder; bond set at $1 million.

Jeremy Berens — Kansas Department of Corrections warrant for parole violation and Ellis County warrant for failure to appear

Jose Martinez, Great Bend — Failure to appear

Codie Stevenson, Great Bend — Failure to appear

Rusty Wilson, Rush Center — Contempt of court

Charles Rowe Jr., Great Bend — Contempt of court


Released Oct.  28

Nicholas Hicks — To Kansas Department of Corrections

Roy Cline, Great Bend — $50,000 own-recognizance bond

Jose Martinez, Great Bend — $1,000 surety bond