Lynn attempted murder suspect held without bail

LYNN – A judge ordered a city man held without bail after a woman said the man strangled her until she began convulsing and then had her get a knife so he could carve a design on her stomach.”?He started squeezing my neck tighter and tighter until I would start convulsing then he would release his grip just enough,'” the alleged victim told police in a report by Lynn Police Officer Taylor Haberek. “She said this went on for over two minutes and during this time he was looking in her eyes telling her, ?I just want to kill you, I just want to kill you; you know I’m crazy.'”Donald P. Bovio, 34, of 34 Hanover St. #9, was arrested and charged with attempted murder; assault and battery; and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; at 2:13 a.m. Saturday.He was arraigned on the charges Monday in Lynn District Court where a plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf.Police responded to a Green Street address early Saturday morning after a witness reported a woman in her pajamas running out of her apartment.The alleged victim immediately told police she wanted Bovio out of the apartment, as he was drunk and crazy and wanted to hurt her, according to the police report.The alleged victim told officers Bovio appeared at her apartment just before midnight Friday and began buzzing her apartment’s ringer and banging on the door.”She knew it was him at the door and knew he was drunk but she did not want to upset her neighbors with all the noise, so she finally let him in,” police said.The alleged victim said she and the defendant were lying in bed and every time she tried to move or get up to get ready to go to sleep, Bovio would grab her hair and pull her back.Bovio then allegedly strangled the alleged victim and, afterwards, dragged her by the arm to the balcony so she could get some air.Bovio then allegedly told the woman to get a knife from the kitchen. She told police she was so scared she got the dullest and smallest knife she could find.”He then made her pull her shirt up to expose her abdomen,” police reported. “After she complied, he said to her, ?I want to carve a circle and a star on your stomach.'”The alleged victim said she escaped when Bovio went into a trance-like state.Police noticed a superficial cut on the alleged victim’s stomach, and the alleged victim told police Bovio abuses her often but “this time was the worst.”Bovio was inside and arrested without incident.Essex Assistant District Attorney Erin Bellavia requested that Bovio be held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing.Court-appointed attorney Nick Morris did not object to probable cause for holding Bovio. But Morris said the alleged victim and defendant’s sister came to court and the alleged victim said she wanted to drop the charges.Judge Cesar Archilla ordered Bovio held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing March 25.