STAMFORD, Vt. — A Stamford man was ordered held in custody pending trial on domestic violence charges.

 

Charles Dolle, 52, was arrested by State Police on Aug. 27 at his home after allegedly pointing a loaded firearm at his wife and then discharging it outside the day before. He was initially charged with first-degree aggravated domestic assault, reckless endangerment and offense committed in the presence of a child.

 

According to the Bennington Banner, his wife testified that she had to flee their home with their 4-year-old child and feared for her and her child's safety. 

 

The hearing held in Superior Court on Monday was to determine if Dolle could be released until his trial. He had been held at Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility since his arrest. 

 

Judge John Valente found the living conditions presented as unsuitable based on the victim's testimony. According to the Banner, the options were a campground in New York set to close in a few weeks or his mother's house in Stamford — two doors down from his on a dead-end road. The victim would be forced to pass the residence every time she left her home, he said, and releasing Dolle posed a risk of physical violence. 

 

Dolle was remanded back to Marble Valley until his one-day jury trial.