Connecticut politician charged with attacking woman - she marries him 4 days later!

An Ansonia, CT, former politician was charged with second-degree assault, first-degree unlawful restraint and first-degree reckless endangerment after allegedly attacking his then fiancee while masked on July 1. Amazingly, four days after the incident, the victim went ahead and married her attacker.

Keith Maynard, 42, was charged with breaking into his home on Cook St. on July 1, at 11:15 AM and attacking Ida Marie Lucarelli after she came home from working out at the gym. According to Lucarelli, the attacker was hiding behind the door and wearing a bandanna. The attacker grabbed Lucarelli and flipped her to the ground, and started trying to stuff a pillow in her mouth. Lucarelli fought back, and the attacker started hitting her with a bat. she screamed and the attacker fled. Lucarelli was taken to the hospital for hospitalization. Wounds received included abrasions on her cheek, temple, and upper chest. Her right forearm was bruised.

Maynard initially denied any involvement in the attack and claimed he was working for the state Department of Transportation in Norwalk at the time, the chief said. A motive for the attack is unclear, [Ansonia Police Chief Kevin Hale] said.

"I've worked with Keith Maynard for many years, while he was on the board, in matters of importance to neighborhoods, both in his ward and throughout the city. and that's why this is a sad day," said Hale. "Nevertheless, we went where the facts took us."Domestic violence is a top priority for this police department. We take these matters very seriously," he added.

Maynard was arraigned Thursday, August 20, and released on $50,000 bail. His victim attended the arraignment, and he was ordered to stay away from the victim's home and turn over any firearms he had.

Maynard represented the 4th ward of Ansonia, and according to Aldermanic President Steve Blume, "came as a shock. it's also very saddening because of what that poor woman went through. I'm kind of speechless." He was seeking November re-election as a Democrat, and served on various committees, including Public Works and Economic Development. Maynard still worked for the Connecticut Department Of Transportation.

Fiance arrested for allegedly spiking woman's drink, raping her

Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail is currently holding 23 year old Timothy James Hoffman, who is being charged with forcible object sexual penetration for the May 17 sexual assault of his fiancée after a Madonna themed party at a local dance club.

The victim stumbled upon a videotape among her “fiancé’s" belongings. She watched herself being sexually assaulted while being passed out. That tape also showed Hoffman taking cell phone photos of his victim. She recognized the outfit from the night of the Madonna themed party, and police recognized the victim as completely helpless.

The victim told police that she had two drinks and began to feel ill. She asked Hoffman to drive her back to his residence on Goodman Street. Upon arriving, the only thing she could remember was vomiting in his yard and in his bathroom, according to the court documents.

“[The victim] does not remember anything but being very sick,” Detective Nicholas Rudman of the Charlottesville Police Department wrote in a search warrant affidavit.

“I viewed the video and observed [the victim] saying ‘no’ and she appeared completely helpless,” he wrote.

Hoffman and the victim had recently obtained a marriage license, [Charlottesville police spokesman Ric] Barrick said.

Charlottesville police searched Hoffman’s apartment Wednesday and confiscated a long list of items, including 17 videotapes, 15 compact discs, three pornography magazines, cut up Polaroid photographs, a Sony camcorder, computer disks, two cell phones and an Apple computer, according to the court documents.

Hoffman has petty criminal convictions, including DUI, trespassing, stealing from vending machines, and petty larceny. He had been ordered to enroll in the Bridge Ministry, a Central VA nonprofit prison ministry, but failed to complete the program, according to the program’s founder.