Great Bend Police officers used a drone to locate a man barricaded inside a residence at 217 Pine St.on Tuesday morning and then created a distraction while they gained entry, Police Chief Steve Haulmark reports.

The incident began with a domestic disturbance reported around 10:45 a.m. 

Officers were advised that the suspect, Robert C. Amador, 34, was damaging property inside the residence and making threats to harm others with a homemade hatchet, Haulmark stated in a news release. Upon officers’ arrival, they were able to get two other occupants of the home out safely. 

Amador barricaded himself inside the residence and refused to come out. Officers tried talking him out of the residence for approximately an hour and 15 minutes and were unable to get him to cooperate. They then used the department drone to help pinpoint his location in the residence; using a distraction on the opposite side of the building, officers made entry into the residence and took Amador into custody.

He was transported to the Barton County Detention Center where he was booked for aggravated assault domestic violence and felony obstruction in lieu of $20,000 bond.

This story was updated on Aug. 8 to correct the date of the incident of Aug. 5, 2025