Great Bend Fire/EMS

Great Bend Emergency Medical Service made five ambulance runs Wednesday. 

Firefighters responded to a call about arcing wires at 7:54 p.m. at 416 Locust St. The utility pole had caught on fire, Wheatland Electric was contacted.

Great Bend Police

A non-injury crash was reported at 8:08 a.m. Wednesday at 24th and Morton St.

A sex offense was reported 4:03 p.m. in the 1400 block of Cherry Lane.

Barton County Jail

Booked April 26

Dustin L. Hawkins — Arson

Kevin A. Pekarek — Serve sentence

Kirk Jackson — Failure to appear

Roger Kornegay — Identity theft, forgery, theft

Preston E. Hughes — Parole violation

Virginia Lang — Possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia

Kyra Zimmer — Probation violation

Released April 26

Daniel A. Bartonek — $10,000 surety bond

Marvin A. Lewis Jr. — $20,000 surety bond

Kirk A. Jackson — $2,000 surety bond