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On the Record - June 4-6, 2021
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Great Bend Fire

GBFD responded to a report of a dumpster fire at 5926 Eisenhower Ave. at 9:11 p.m. Sunday.


Great Bend Police

Criminal damage to property was reported at 10:50 a.m. Friday at 19th and Baker.

A non-injury crash was reported at 11:31 a.m. at 20th and Monroe.

Criminal damage was reported at Great Bend High School at 11:32 a.m. Friday.

An injury crash was reported at 8th and McKinley streets at 3:43 p.m. Friday.

A theft was reported at 5:59 p.m. Friday at Wetlands Waterpark, 2303 Main St.

A theft was reported at 6:57 p.m. Friday at 5210 10th St., Apt. 2.

A non-injury crash was reported at 8:58 p.m. Friday in the 1900 block of Lakin Avenue.

A possible narcotics violation involving a juvenile was reported at 10:43 p.m. Friday in the 900 block of Holland Street.

A theft of a vehicle was reported near Great Bend Middle School at 12:06 a.m. Saturday.

A non-injury crash was reported at 10:55 a.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of Main Street.

The K-9 unit was dispatched to a traffic stop at Broadway Avenue and Hubbard Street at 2:37 p.m. Saturday.

Criminal damage to property was reported at 5839 16th St., Apt. B-47, at 3:46 p.m. Saturday.

The K-9 unit was dispatched to a traffic stop at 18th and Washington streets at 6:01 p.m. Saturday.

A structure fire was reported at 7:45 p.m. Saturday at 4917 Quail Creek Dr.

Criminal damage was reported at 1700 Lakin Ave. at 7:47 p.m. Saturday.

A non-injury crash was reported at 10th and Frey at 1:24 p.m. Sunday.

A theft was reported at Brit Spaugh Zoo at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Criminal threats were reported at 7:16 p.m. Sunday at 1101 Kansas Ave. Chester Stubblefield was arrested and booked for criminal threat and released on a $5,000 bond.

A domestic battery was reported at 8:49 p.m. Sunday. Jeneva Maier was arrested and booked domestic battery in lieu of bond.


Barton County Sheriff

A subject reported a lost/stolen license tag to the Barton County Treasurer’s Office at 3:25 p.m. Friday.

A non-injury crash was reported at 9:27 p.m. Friday in the 500 block of E. U.S. 56, Great Bend.

A non-injury crash was reported at 11:05 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of E. U.S. 56, Ellinwood.

A non-injury crash was reported at 5:16 a.m. Saturday in the 200 block of SE 100 Avenue.

A non-injury crash was reported at 1:37 p.m. Saturday at NE 40 Road and NE 10 Avenue.

A burglary-in-progress was reported at 107 E. 2nd St., Ellinwood.

A non-injury crash was reported at 9:38 p.m. Sunday in the 500 block of NE 30 Road, Great Bend.


Barton County Jail

Booked June 4

Dawn Marie Cannon - Driving under the influence

Thomas Alvis - Failure to appear

Trenton Owens - Failure to appear (2 counts)

Alicia Hernandez - Batter domestic violence

Lawrence Unruh - Flee and elude, no insurance, illegal registration, contempt of court

Jason Levingston - Serve sentence

Jason Kober - Serve sentence

Adam Bailey - Serve sentence

Richard Etim - Driving while suspended, failure to appear


Released June 4

Ralph Tuey - $1,000 cash bond

Dawn Marie Cannon - $1,000 cash/surety bond

Annalise Moore - $10,000 cash/surety bond

Alicia Hernandez - $1,000 surety bond

Lawrence Unruh - $2,202.50 cash bond

Richard Etim - $3,000 surety bond


Booked June 5

Carlos Mercado - Driving while suspended, no insurance, illegal tags

Armando Venzor-Marquez - Driving with no driver’s license


Released June 5

Trenton Owens - Own recognizance bond

Nicholas Harkness - $10,000 cash/surety bond

Armando Venzor-Marquez - $1,000 surety bond


Booked June 6

Chester Stubblefield - Criminal threat

Scott L. Miller - Violation of protection from abuse order, failure to appear

Jeneva Maier - Domestic battery


Released June 6

Carlos Mercado - $500 surety bond

Jason Kober - Serve sentence in full

Adam Bailey - Partial serve sentence

Davin Rose - Serve sentence in full

Chester Stubblefield - $5,000 surety bond