A Derby Superior Court judge Thursday ordered a DNA swab taken of Keith Maynard, the former Ansonia Alderman accused of wearing a mask to attack his fiancee and then marrying her four days later.
Maynard’s attorney, John Kelly of New Haven, offered no objections to prosecution’s request for the swab, stating it was normal procedure.
“It’s something normally requested to match physical evidence taken at a crime scene,” Kelly said.
Maynard will produce the DNA swab at the Ansonia Police Department prior to his next court appearance, scheduled for Dec. 17, Kelly said.
Maynard, 42, who appeared in court with family and friends for the brief appearance, is charged with second-degree assault, first-degree unlawful restraint and first-degree reckless endangerment in connection to the July incident.
He has pleaded not guilty.
According to police documents, on July 1 around 11:25 a.m. Maynard’s then fiancée, Ida Marie Lucarelli, returned home from the gym to find a masked man inside the Cook Street home, which is owned by Maynard and his brother.
The man, who came from behind the front door, was wearing a dark colored bandana that hid his head and face, according to the documents. The man tackled her to the ground, threw a blanket over her head, and hit her in the head with a bat.
At one point the man pinched her nose and tried to stuff part of the blanket down her mouth before he fled out the back door. She suffered minor injuries and was treated at Griffin Hospital
Maynard and Lucarelli were married four days later.
As police searched for a suspect, they turned their attention to Maynard.
Witnesses and cell phone records place Maynard near the home before and shortly after the incident, according to police documents. Maynard initially denied any involvement in the attack. He allegedly said he was working for the state Department of Transportation in Westport at the time.
In August, during Maynard’s arraignment in Derby Superior Court, Lucarelli called her husband “an evil person.”
Maynard, who sat on the Board of Alderman for almost a decade and was a member of several other boards and commissions, remains free on $50,000 bail. He has been ordered to have no contact with his wife and to keep away from the Cook Street house.
He has resigned from the Board of Aldermen.
