Overview
- Carmen Veneziano, 47, was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to one count of kidnapping and three counts of domestic assault and battery tied to a September hotel incident.
- A judge set $25,000 cash bail and ordered GPS monitoring, no contact with the woman or witnesses, and a stay-away from her hometown.
- Prosecutors say the pair returned from a Red Sox game before Veneziano allegedly headbutted, dragged, restrained the woman, applied painful pressure points, and threw water on her.
- Hotel staff alerted police after hearing the woman say she was hurt, and she later provided additional details to Boston police that led to the grand jury indictment.
- Totowa Mayor John Coiro suspended Veneziano without pay and said he will appoint an interim chief, with a pretrial conference scheduled for Feb. 10.