An 84-year-old Villager is back behind bars after allegedly defying a judge’s order to stay away from a woman following a domestic battery arrest.
Jerry Steven Arak a resident of the Village of Lake Deaton was initially arrested Friday on a felony charge of battery on a person 65 years of age or older. According to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, the altercation began when Arak knocked on a glass door to get the victim’s attention while she was on the phone. When the victim held up her finger to indicate he should wait, Arak allegedly became angry and started yelling once she opened the door. Arak then reached out from his chair and grabbed the back of her arm, causing it to scratch and bleed. Arak subsequently went inside the home, slid items off a table onto the floor, and knocked over a lamp. He was booked into the Sumter County Detention Center.
The native of New York appeared in court on Halloween and was issued a pre-trial no-contact order. The order stipulated he could not contact the victim, could not come within 500 feet of her residence, and required a law enforcement escort to retrieve any personal belongings…