The Great Bend Police Department reports stolen property was recovered on Thursday, May 22, in a case that also led to charges of littering and distribution of methamphetamine.

According to reports, GBPD began investigating a report of auto burglary and theft from a fenced in business in the 900 block of Macarthur. A short time later, officers discovered a campsite along the shore of Macarthur Lake in Great Bend. Among the campsite, there was a large amount of trash and debris. The lake is managed as a public park and city ordinance prohibits camping or littering in the area.

Officers located Ashley Corn, age 40, and Tre Fiesterman, 26, inhabiting the campsite. While speaking with Corn, officers observed several items that had been reported stolen from the earlier incident. Detectives arrived on scene and learned of a second location where stolen items from a separate incident were being stored. During the investigation, suspected methamphetamine and marijuana were also located and seized. Both Corn and Fiesterman were arrested and booked into the Barton County Jail in lieu of bond.

Corn was booked on Barton County District Court case #25-826 for distribution of meth, possession of stolen property and criminal littering with bond set at $20,000.

Fiesterman was booked on Barton County District Court case #25-826 for possession of meth, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal littering, with bond set at $10,000, and on Barton County District Court case #25-824 for possession of stolen property with a bond of $20,000.

Several other items were collected from the campsite, and pictures of these items were posted on the Great Bend Police Department’s Facebook page this week. It was noted that the possibility exists that some of these items may also have been stolen.

Anyone with information regarding these items is asked to contact the Great Bend Police Department at 620-793-4120.