REVERE, MASS. (WHDH) - A domestic assault suspect involved in a SWAT standoff at a hotel in Revere on Thursday is set to face a judge Friday.
Anthony Bova, 47, will be arraigned in Chelsea District Court on several charges, including home invasion and domestic assault, in connection with the alleged attack on a woman he had been dating.
Chelsea police officers responding to a reported domestic assault at a home on Hawthorne Street around 9:50 a.m. met with a victim who said she had just been assaulted by Bova, according to police.
An investigation revealed that Bova was at a Route 1 hotel in Revere.
A SWAT team was called in, resulting in about a two-hour standoff.
Bova allegedly turned himself over to police after the SWAT team surrounded his hotel room.
The victim was treated and released from a local hospital.
She told 7News that she feared for her life.
“When I walked to my bedroom, he grabbed me by my throat, choked me, and threw me into the sliding glass closet mirror doors,” she said. “I thought he was going to kill me.”
A second woman was with Bova at the hotel but police say she was not hurt and was not considered a hostage.
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