GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Arrest made in connection with business burglaries Jacob Hoch
Great Bend Police officers arrested 24-year-old Jacob Hoch Tuesday afternoon after a search of a local residence led to a discovery of property connected to multiple business burglaries in Great Bend.
According to a GBPD release, at approximately 3:42 p.m. Tuesday, members of the GBPD conducted a search warrant at 1208 Morphy in relation to an ongoing investigation involving several business burglaries in the city of Great Bend. During the search, officers located property related to three different business burglaries, as well as suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Hoch was arrested and transported to the Barton County Jail where he was booked and confined. He is being held on three $20,000 bonds for burglary, one $10,000 bond for possession of methamphetamine and parole violation arrest and detain order with no bond.
GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Barton County burglary suspects arrested BCSO seeks help in recovering additional stolen property Austin Lemonds
Two individuals were arrested Sunday, Feb. 21 for a string of Barton County burglaries after being discovered in possession of a stolen vehicle and other reported stolen property.
According to Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir, over the course of last several weeks from late January to mid-February, BCSO had taken several burglary reports, with losses estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars. This included a report of a stolen 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche in Barton County on Saturday, Feb. 20.
The vehicle was located the next evening by the Larned Police Department and Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office. The occupants of the vehicle were arrested by PCSO for drug charges, as well as for possessing the stolen vehicle. When BCSO recovered the vehicle, officers noted what appeared to be
GREAT BEND A Larned man was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Great Bend after a volunteer organization that creates online profiles of teens attempting to attract child predators tipped off investigators the man was traveling to the area.
The organization, known as Motor City Justice, contacted the Barton County Sheriff’s Office and shared information about the individual allegedly attempting to solicit unlawful activity with a juvenile, according to a release from Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir.
Deputies then put an area in the 3700 block of Eighth Street in Great Bend under surveillance and arrested Lonny R. Miller, 32, when he showed up about 5 p.m.
The Barton County Sheriff s Office arrested a man on suspicion of indecent solicitation of a child after it received a tip from an organization who assists law enforcement in capturing alleged sexual
GREAT BEND A Great Bend man was arrested Wednesday night after about a 4-mile law enforcement pursuit that ended with the suspect’s vehicle being forced off the road in a cemetery on the north end of town.
During the chase, the driver, whom investigators say was drunk, rammed at least two law enforcement vehicles and swerved at another.
The incident began about 7 p.m. when a Great Bend Police officer stopped a vehicle in the 3300 block of 10th Street for driving without headlights, according to release from Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir.
The officer contacted the driver and became aware the driver might be intoxicated.