BEATRICE – An 18-year-old Beatrice man who was on juvenile probation, will now serve a four-year adult probation term.
Trey Billesbach was convicted of two counts of possession of a stolen firearm, charges that carried a potentially lengthy period of incarceration.


"(Gage County District Judge Rick Schreiner) If I put you on probation, do you think you can do better than you did in the juvenile court? (Billesbach) "Yes your honor" (Schreiner)" "What happens if you don't?" (Billesbach) "I face the heat, I guess...bad things, but I'm not gonna let that happen" (Schreiner) "I'll put it pretty simple, one of the options is that you would go to prison, for up to twenty years on each of those counts, so I want you to think about that".


Both state and defense had recommended the four-year probation term issued by Gage County District Judge, Rick Schreiner. The judge warned the defendant about the direction he’s headed, if he doesn’t turn things around.


"You are dealing with some serious stuff. You're dipping you toe in a pretty deep pond. It's time for you to figure out whether or not you want to grow up a free man, or grow up incarcerated.....because you're on the path toward growing up incarcerated, at this point".


Billesbach’s probation will be intensively supervised. He was also ordered to pay $148 in court costs. A dozen additional charges against Billesbach were dismissed, as part of a plea agreement…all but one of them felonies.
Billesbach was arrested in late June, in connection with the burglary of a residence in the nine-hundred block of North 11th in Beatrice, where numerous firearms were stolen. Billesbach and another male got into the home by crawling through a window, through the attic and then through a ventilation fan, to get into the house.


In other district court cases on Thursday, Alan Volner Jr. was sentenced o 24 months on probation, for attempted possessing of methamphetamine.


Frank Ortega was given a two-year jail sentence for two counts of third degree assault, third degree domestic assault and carrying a concealed weapon. He received credit off his sentence for 201 days spent in jail.


Toke DeKoning was sentenced to a three-year term of probation for possession of a controlled substance and exposing a child to methamphetamine. He was ordered to pay court costs of $148 and will be on specialized substance abuse supervision.


Jennifer Meyer was sentenced to a 24-month probation term for possession of methamphetamine, and ordered to pay court costs of $139.