A Carter County couple faces burglary charges after police say they broke into a home over the weekend and the woman violated an order of protection.

Officers of the Elizabethton Police Department arrested Ginger Stevens, 40, and her husband, Kurtis Honeycutt, 29, of Elizabethton, on Sunday. Officers charged Stevens with aggravated burglary and violation of an order of protection and Honeycutt with aggravated burglary.

According to court documents, officers of the Elizabethton Police Department responded to a home on Southside Road shortly before 5 p.m. on Sunday after a woman called 911 and reported her daughter, identified as Stevens, was inside her home without permission. The woman said she had an order of protection against her daughter.

When officers arrived on the scene, they were not able to make contact with anyone inside the home, but the woman gave officers keys and her permission to go inside the house to search.

According to court documents, officers found Stevens inside. Stevens told officers her mother had given permission for her and Honeycutt to be at the home.  Stevens told officers Honeycutt had left the home to go to the store.

After officers cleared the house and arrested Stevens on a charge of violation of an order of protection, the homeowner returned to the residence. She then showed officers a broken window which she said Stevens and Honeycutt broke in order to get inside the home.

While officers were on the scene, Honeycutt returned and was questioned by officers.

“Ginger and Kurtis stated they forced entry into the residence by breaking out a bedroom window with a brick,” EPD Officer Aaron Bennett said.

Officers charged both Honeycutt and Stevens with aggravated burglary.

Both Honeycutt and Stevens appeared in Carter County General Sessions Court on Monday. Judge Keith Bowers Jr. appointed the Public Defender’s Office to represent Honeycutt and attorney Ryan Jeffers to represent Stevens. Both are scheduled to return to court on May 15.

During Monday’s court proceeding, Assistant District Attorney Mark Hill informed the court Stevens is currently out on bond on a charge of domestic assault involving the same alleged victim.

Stevens asked Bowers to release her on her own recognizance or to lower her bond.

“If you were out on bond when you got this charge, a felony charge at that, there is no way I’m going to lower your bond,” Bowers said in response.

Stevens’ bond is set at $7,000. Bowers did lower Honeycutt’s bond from $5,000 to $1,500 but set as a condition of his bond that he have no contact with the alleged victim and that he stay away from the victim’s residence.