Former Ansonia Alderman Keith Maynard will have to wear a GPS tracking ankle bracelet, under the terms of a revised protective order approved at Superior Court in Derby Tuesday.
The change was in response to a complaint made to Ansonia police last month that Maynard may have violated the protective order against Ida Marie Lucarelli.
Maynard is accused of attacking Lucarelli in the Ansonia home they shared last summer. The two were married four days later, before Lucarelli knew the identify of her attacker. She has since filed for divorce.
Hearing
Last week Judge Barbara Bellis scheduled a hearing for Tuesday to discuss the complaint and determine whether the protective order was violated sometime last month.
But for about an hour Tuesday, state prosecutors and Maynard’s attorneys met behind closed doors with Judge Bellis to negotiate a new protective order.
Because they were able to agree on terms, the judge waived the hearing. None of the details of the complaint became public.
“Obviously there was a question of whether or not the defendant violated the terms of his release,” assistant state’s attorney Marjorie Sozanski said outside of court.
Sozanski would not elaborate on the complaint.
“We were able to negotiate a disposition regarding his conditions of release without a hearing,” Sozanski said. “Everyone was in agreement.”
Maynard’s attorney, John Kelly, declined comment.
“What happened in court happened in court,” Kelly said.
Lucarelli’s attorney William Bloss deferred comment on the complaint to the prosecutor’s office.
New Order
The new protective order will require Maynard to wear a GPS tracking bracelet at all times or until a judge changes the order again.
Maynard must have a weekly meeting — in person or over the phone — with the bail commissioner.
He is also prohibited from going to certain locations where Lucarelli works or does business, including her church in Derby, her supermarket and her gym.
The previous terms of Maynard’s protective order — that he is prohibited from having any contact with Lucarelli, and can not come within 100 yards of her — remain in place.
Bloss said the GPS tracking is not a typical part of protective orders in Connecticut — yet.
“Yes, it’s unusual,” Bloss said. “But only because the technology is so new. It hasn’t been done a lot, but it will be done more and more.”
Maynard is scheduled to appear in court again on Oct. 21.
