SANDGATE, Vt. — A Sandgate man is being held without bail on charges including second-degree aggravated domestic assault after a reported assault at a home in the town on Oct. 29, Vermont State Police said.

Matthew Keary, 43, was arrested after troopers were told of a domestic assault at a home on Sandgate Road, according to a release from the state police barracks in Shaftsbury. The alleged victim is a 44-year-old Sandgate resident whom police did not name, in keeping with the department's practice in domestic violence cases.

Keary also faces charges of unlawful restraint, obstruction of justice, violating conditions of release and a first offense of driving under the influence, police said. The release did not describe what led to the charges or how the DUI charge relates to the incident.

After processing at the Shaftsbury barracks, Keary was ordered held without bail at the Marble Valley Correctional Center, police said. He was cited to appear Friday in Vermont Superior Court, Bennington Criminal Division.

The charges are allegations, and Keary is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

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