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On the record for March 27 and 28 , 2024
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Great Bend Fire/ EMS

Great Bend Emergency Medical Service made 11 ambulance runs Wednesday. A gas leak was reported at 10:33 a.m. at Foley Equipment, 701 10th St., as the result of someone digging who hit a gas line. The problem was resolved.

Great Bend Emergency Medical Service made 10 ambulance runs Thursday. At 3:50 p.m., the Fire Department received a report of a fire in an old cellar in the 200 block of Pine St. After arriving, the team successfully extinguished the fire of burning trash.


Great Bend Police

A domestic incident was reported at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday at Walnut Plaza, 2611 27th St. 

A domestic incident was reported at 12:39 a.m. in the 1900 block of Patton Road. 

A non-injury crash was reported at 7:58 a.m. at 24th and Garfield St.

A fraud of individual having money taken off their card was reported at 10:17 a.m. 

Police responded to a request to remove an individual from the Baltzell Motel, 705 10th St., at 12:20 p.m. The subject was advised to leave and not return but at 1:46 p.m. it was reported the subject went back to the motel. Officers arrived and arrested the subject for criminal trespassing. 

A domestic incident was reported at 12:33 p.m. at  2006  McKinley St. 

A non-injury crash was reported at 24th and Washington St. 

A theft of clothing was reported at 8:23 a.m. Thursday from a room at The Travel Lodge, 3200 10th St. A Notice to Appear (NTA) was signed. 

A stolen or lost tag was reported at 8:31 a.m. at 525 Morton St. 

A fraud case was reported by an individual who said someone was attempting to take money from his bank account.

An injury crash was reported at 6:29 p.m. at Dominos, 3703 10th St. 


Barton County Sheriff

A non-injury crash was reported at 8:47 p.m. Wednesday at 278 SE 100 Ave., Ellinwood.

A domestic incident was reported at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the 600 block of West U.S. 56, rural Pawnee Rock. 

An injury crash was reported at 3:23 p.m. at 705 K-4 Hoisington. 

A non-injury crash was reported at 6:08 p.m. at 1161 NE 130 Ave. Claflin. 


Barton County Jail

Booked March 27

Keri Ness -Serve sentence

Crystal Caruthers - Domestic battery

Alexis Montelango - Criminal trespass

Daisy A. Cordova - Failure to appear


Released March 27

Christopher  A. Baumgartner - $1,000 surety bond

Mark Eaton - $1,000 surety bond

Crystal Caruthers - $1,000 surety bond

Daisy A. Cordova - $5,000 surety bond


Booked March 28

Jesus A. Dominguez-Hernandez - Driving without a valid driver’s license and using one-way glass or illegal sunscreen device

Brianna Feist - Probation violation

Todd E. Nuss - Violation of protection order

Patrick Standlee - Failure to appear

Robert E. Stanley - Criminal threat with bond set at $20,000 cash or surety

Jason Kober - Distribution of methamphetamine, no drug stamp and theft with bond set at $20,000 cash or surety

Ramon F. Garcia - Aggravated assault with bond set at $20,000 cash or surety

Jode L. McCallie - Failure to appear


Released March 28 

Jesus A. Dominguez-Hernandez - $500 cash bond

Todd E. Nuss - $2,500 surety bond

John Lynch - $2,500 own recognizance (O.R.) bond

Sheldon Gillespie - Order of the court

Justin Smokes - Time served

Jason Kober - $20,000 surety bond

Ramon F. Garcia - $20,000 surety bond


Pawnee County Sheriff report

A vehicle vs. Deer non-injury crash was reported at 7:17 a.m. Thursday at South K-19 and K Road.