March 1 , 2013 update: Charges dropped in the case

This story was updated at 6:18 p.m. to include details from court documents about a beating of his wife and threats with a gun Officer Loumag Alicea is alleged to have made, details about his arrest and comments from Mayor Alex Morse.

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HOLYOKE -- City police Officer Loumag Alicea is in a holding cell because his wife said he hit her face so hard it closed her right eye and held a gun to her head and said, "I feel like killing you now," according to court documents.

Alicea was arrested just after 11 a.m. Friday as he did an extra job directing traffic, court documents said. Alicea, 43, is a city resident.

Alicea, a 15-year veteran, was charged with assault and battery domestic and assault with a dangerous weapon, a handgun, according to Capt. Arthur R. Monfette and court documents.

Alicea pleaded not guilty in Holyoke District Court and was scheduled to be transferred to the Franklin County Jail and House of Correction, in Greenfield, where he will stay until a dangerousness hearing Monday in district court here, Monfette said.

Monfette declined to comment beyond such details. Police Chief James M. Neiswanger couldn't be reached for comment.

Mayor Alex B. Morse said he would withhold detailed comment until he could learn more about the situation, but, "Obviously, I don't condone domestic violence."

According to the incident report by Sgt. Joseph Garcia, which was part of the record at Holyoke District Court, Alicea's wife, Marilyn Millicent Alicea, came to the Police Station at138 Appleton St. Friday morning. Her right eye was blackened from blows she said she suffered from her husband Sept. 21 around 5 or 6 a.m. She said he had been drinking, the report stated.

Garcia states in the report he asked why she waited to report the incident, and according to the report, she said, "I tried to go to the hospital but he wouldn't let me, he kept saying he would lose his job."

She got her injuries treated Sept. 23 about 7 p.m. at Mercy Hospital, in Springfield, the report stated.

Marilyn Millicent Alicea said she was scared. On Sept. 15 about 10 p.m., Loumag Alicea, while working and in uniform, stopped at their home. "Loumag put his gun to my face and he said 'I feel like killing you now,'" she said, according to the report.

She showed Garcia pictures on her cell phone taken of her face shortly after the beating, the report said.

"One picture I saw Marilyn's right eye was completely closed from swelling and her upper lip was swelling too," Garcia wrote in the report.

Garcia reported details to Monfette. A group of five officers, including two captains, went to the site of Alicea's extra duty job. Alicea was taken into custody. He surrendered his service handgun and pistol permit. A records check showed Alicea had no other weapons, the report stated.

On the assault and battery count, the potential penalty is up to 2 1/2 years in the House of Correction or a fine of up to $1,000, court documents said.

On the assault with a dangerous weapon count, the potential penalty is up to five years in state prison, or up to 2 1/2 years in the House of Correction or a fine of up to $1,000, court documents said.