On Monday, Oct. 16, at about 8:30 a.m., the Barton County Sheriff’s Office executed search warrants at two separate locations in the City of Great Bend. Sheriff’s deputies and detectives had been working for several weeks on a cocaine distribution investigation.
Warrants were served simultaneously in the 2200 block of Heizer Street and in the 1700 block of Washington Street. Sheriff’s officers located cocaine, currency, firearms and drug paraphernalia. The Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of the Great Bend Fire Department to force entry into a safe. The firemen were successful and further evidence was found.
Arrested at the Heiser Street location was Fausto Hernandez Junior, age 31 of Great Bend. Hernandez was transported to the Barton County Jail without incident where he was booked on requested charges of distribution of cocaine and criminal use of a firearm. He’s being held in lieu of a $100,000 bond. Fausto Hernandez also had an outstanding warrant for attempting to flee and elude, which carries an additional $1,000 bond.
Evidence found at the scene implicates other individuals and further arrests are expected.