Beatrice authorities make arrest for protection order violation, trespassing

BEATRICE – Beatrice Police arrested a man for allegedly violating a protection order and trespassing at a South 16^th Street apartment, on Saturday. 

 A police officer called to the scene observed a man leaving the area where the victim resides, then walk up to another apartment, open a door and enter uninvited without knocking.  Police said the man appeared intoxicated and told police he had been invited to the victim’s apartment.

A records check indicated an active harassment protection order was on file barring 61-year-old Robert Stefonovich from contacting or disturbing the peace of the victim. 

Police said the suspect had a previous trespass notification for the residence, four prior protection order violation incidents and eight prior trespassing incidents.

Stefonovich was taken to the Gage County Jail for violation of the protection order and second-degree trespassing.