WOBURN — Malden Fire Capt. Steven Edwards, 36, of Wakefield, was arraigned Thursday in Woburn Superior Court on charges including rape, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced Friday.
Additional charges stemming from an alleged sexual assault of a woman known to Edwards include assault and battery and two counts of violating a restraining order.
Edwards was indicted April 25 by a Middlesex Superior Court grand jury, according to a news release from the district attorney’s office.
Court Magistrate Matthew Day released Edwards on personal recognizance and ordered him to stay away from, and have no contact with, the woman. The next hearing is scheduled for July 10.
On July 14, 2015, Edwards and the woman argued at a home in Melrose, the district attorney’s office said. Edwards then allegedly sexually assaulted the woman against her will. The woman got a restraining order against Edwards in July 2016.
On Aug. 31, 2016, Edwards allegedly violated the restraining order when he became abrasive over the phone toward the woman, warning her that the restraining order would not be in place permanently.
The next day, Edwards allegedly violated the restraining order again after the woman dropped off her car to be serviced at a dealership. The woman was then contacted by the dealership informing her that Edwards had allegedly instructed the dealership to not return the vehicle to her.