Court rejects release bid of Stamford man accused of pointing a gun at wife in front of child

BENNINGTON — A Stamford man charged with aggravated domestic assault for allegedly pointing a loaded gun at his wife’s face during a heated argument in August, in view of a minor, was remanded back to jail after a bail hearing failed to convince a judge he wasn’t an imminent safety threat.

Charles Dolle, 52, was charged with felony aggravated domestic assault with a deadly weapon and reckless endangerment back in August stemming from a violent incident at his Stamford residence. He faces a possible combined 16 years behind bars if found guilty on both counts.

At Dolle’s weight-of-evidence hearing in Bennington on Monday, an emotional victim testified about the “toxic,” strained, longstanding relationship she had with Dolle, and the fear she felt that day after the alleged physical alterc