On Monday, March 10, at approximately 2:25 p.m., an officer with the Great Bend Police Department stopped a white in color Chevrolet Tahoe in the 800 block of Morphy Street in Great Bend driven by Mitchell Anspaugh, age 63. Anspaugh was placed under arrest for driving with a suspended driver's license.
Great Bend Police K9 Niko responded to the stop to assist. A free air sniff of the vehicle was performed during which K9 Niko alerted to the presence of illegal narcotics in the vehicle. Officers searched the vehicle and located methamphetamine, evidence of distribution and drug paraphernalia.
Anspaugh was transported the Barton County Jail on requested charges of distribution of methamphetamine (3.5-100 grams), possession of drug paraphernalia, no drug tax stamp, and driving while suspended. Anspaugh was booked in lieu of $100,000 cash surety bond. He was also booked on an outstanding Great Bend Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear. Anspaugh was booked on $1,000 cash surety bond for the warrant.