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OTR for July 18, 2016
on the record

Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made five ambulance runs Friday, two Saturday and three Sunday.

Other fires
A grass fire was reported at 4:52 p.m. Sunday near NE 80 Ave. and NE 40 Road, along a creek north of Ellinwood.

Great Bend Police
A non-injury accident was reported at 10:40 a.m. Friday at 2901 27th St.
A game console and games were reported stolen from 2717 Lakin Ave.
Theft was reported at 800 Morton St.
A non-injury accident was reported at 8:21 p.m. Friday at Stone Lake.
A burglary in progress was reported at 10:07 p.m. Friday at 220 Baker Ave.; the reported party reporting shooting a subject breaking into his residence. (The story “Man reports shooting burglar in Great Bend” appears in the July 17 Great Bend Tribune.)
A non-injury hit-and-run accident was reported at 8:47 a.m. Saturday at 1316 Warner Circle.
A backpack was found in Brit Spaugh Zoo.
A non-injury accident was reported at 12:47 p.m. Saturday at 10th and Morphy.
A non-injury accident was reported at 2:39 p.m. Saturday in the 5300 block of Broadway Ave.
Theft of electronics was reported at 1107 Holland St.
Theft was reported at 215 Hubbard St.
A known person was allegedly attempting to break into a residence at 901 8th St. at 2:19 a.m. Sunday.
A non-injury accident was reported at 9:21 a.m. Sunday in the 1700 block of Cherry Lane.
A car battery was found on the sidewalk in the 2500 block of Dry Creek Road.
A non-injury accident was reported at 11:53 a.m. Sunday at First Southern Baptist Church, 3301 19th St.
Someone spray painted a vehicle at 2022 Van Buren St.
A bicycle was found in the 2500 block of Lakin Ave.
A 9 mm handgun was reported stolen from 5263 Timber Creek Road.
A non-injury accident was reported at 7:36 p.m. Sunday outside Perkin’s Restaurant, 2920 10th St.

Barton County Sheriff
An alleged narcotics violation was reported at 6:08 p.m. Friday on SW 110 Ave., rural Pawnee Rock. A suspect was allegedly in possession of a controlled substance.
A non-injury accident was reported at 2:49 p.m. Saturday on K-4, rural Claflin. Damage was less than $1,000.
Theft was reported Sunday afternoon at Ellinwood Packing Plant, 989 East U.S. 56.
An aggravated domestic battery was reported at 8:36 p.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of East Barton County Road, rural Ellinwood.
A non-injury accident was reported at 9:39 p.m. Sunday at NE 10 Ave. and NE 50 Road.