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On the Record for July 19-21, 2019
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OTR for Aug. 22, 2016

Great Bend Fire/EMS

Emergency Medical Service responded to 12 calls Friday, five Saturday and nine Sunday. They were on standby Friday and Saturday at the dragstrip.

A garage fire was reported at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the 3100 block of 24th Street but the fire was out when firefighters arrived.

Other calls included two false alarms caused by system malfunctions Friday and Sunday. A reported fire at 7:32 p.m. Saturday in the 3100 block of 24th St. was actually smoke from a barbecue grill.


Great Bend Police

A non-injury crash was reported at 7:57 a.m. Friday at 24th and Williams.

A hit-and-run crash was reported at Dillons No. 3, 1811 Main.

A crash with suspected minor injuries was reported at 12:57 p.m. at Kwik Shop 753, 3907 Broadway.

Criminal damage to a vehicle was reported at the University of Kansas Health System -Great Bend Campus, 514 Cleveland.

A theft was reported at Smokers Outlet, 3220 10th St.

A non-injury crash was reported at 6:32 p.m. in the 2500 block of 20th St.

A window was broken on a vehicle at 1515 Hubbard St.

Theft of medications was reported early Saturday at 1443 18th St.

Police responded to a domestic call at 2:03 a.m. Saturday in the 5800 block of Eisenhower Court. While at the residence, suspected narcotics were located.

A sex offense was reported.

A non-injury crash was reported at 11 a.m. at Broadway and McKinley.

A cruelty to animals case was taken Saturday after a call from the 1900 block of Williams Street.

Police responded to a domestic call at 4:43 a.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of 19th St. and a subject reported being battered by two males.

A theft was reported at Dollar General, 2400 10th St.

A non-injury crash was reported at 4:15 p.m. at Braum’s, 4209 10th St.

An air compressor was reportedly stolen from a vehicle at 1430 9th St.

Someone reportedly paid for items at Walmart with a counterfeit $100 bill.

Criminal damage to property at Cherry Lane and Eisenhower Ave. was reported Monday morning.


Barton County Sheriff

A fight was reported at 12:49 a.m. Friday in the 2500 block of 12th St.

BSCO conducted an outside agency assist Friday afternoon in Olmitz.

A non-injury crash was reported at 5:30 p.m. at NE 20 Road and Washington Ave.

A burglary was reported Saturday at 635 Cheyenne View Dr., Great Bend.

A fight was reported at 2:31 a.m. Sunday at Rodeo Disco, 178 North U.S. 281.

Officers checked on an animal complaint Sunday evening, in the 500 block of SE 67 Ave., Ellinwood.


Barton County Jail

Booked July 19

Nicholas Kramer, Great Bend — Aggravated domestic assault

Brandon Ede, Waterville — Serve sentence

Sharr Hamby-Diehl — Violation regulation offender act, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, making false information

Joshua Frydendall, Great Bend — Probation violation

Gregory Kowalsky, Ellinwood — Failure to appear

Larissa Richards, Great Bend — Possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, criminal possession of a firearm, defacing marking on a firearm

Male Juvenile  — Probation violation

Peter Zamarripa — Serve sentence

Christy Contreras — Serve sentence

Michael Mickle — Order to report


Released July 19

Jose Escobar-Cazun, Guatemala — $1,000 cash bond

Nicholas Kramer, Great Bend — $20,000 cash/surety bond

Tiffany Goodwin — To Pawnee County

Trenton Berens, Great Bend — To Russell County

Male Juvenile — To Reno County Detention Center 


Booked July 20

Mark Ray, Great Bend — Driving under the influence, driving while revoked

Jasmine Jones, Great Bend — Contempt

Shayla Richmeier, Great Bend — Failure to appear, criminal trespassing


Released July 20

Mark Ray, Great Bend — $2,500 surety bond


Booked July 21

Blake Sheets, Great Bend — Felony stalking


Released July 21

Blake Sheets, Great Bend — $5,000 surety bond

Gregory Kowalsky, Ellinwood — Own recognizance

Shayla Richmeier — $593 cash bond

Peter Zamarripa — Serve sentence

Michael Mickle — Serve sentence in full