QUINCY - A Duxbury police officer charged with domestic abuse will remain jailed for at least 90 days after a judge ruled yesterday that he poses a continuous threat to his girlfriend. The officer, Sean P. Moran, pointed a gun at the head of the woman, a Milton police officer, and threatened to kill her, police said.
Quincy District Court Judge Mark S. Coven ordered Moran held under the state's dangerousness statute, which was created to ensure immediate protection for victims of violence. The judge said he would consider releasing Moran to a stress and alcohol treatment program in a guarded facility, but until then the officer will remain jailed.
"I've got no desire to have to hold him in the House of Correction in this case, but until I can be assured of the safety of [the victim], I'm not prepared to release him," the judge said.
After 90 days, a judge could release Moran on high bail and order him to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet pending trial.
Coven has already granted a restraining order against Moran, barring him from going near the woman and the home they shared in Quincy.
Moran, a police officer for two years, has been held in the Dedham House of Correction since his arrest Nov. 10 at the Quincy home, after his girlfriend told police in Milton that he beat her after a party she threw for his 30th birthday.
The woman told police the assault was the latest in what had become a violent relationship, but that she had never complained because she feared he would kill her or himself.
