Eduardo Montanez Photo: Contributed Photo/ Crimelab, Contributed Photo
Eduardo Montanez, of Danbury, will be in court Wednesday for putting an electrified dog shock collar on his 9-year-old daughter as punishment.
Montanez, 43,and his wife, Paula, 34, were arrested in October after a school employee reported signs of possible child abuse to police.
During the police investigation the couple was charged with two counts each of risk of injury to a minor, assault and intent cruelty to a child.
Police said Eduardo Montanez put a sound-activated electric dog collar on the girl and ordered her to bark, which activated the device and issued an electric shock as punishment.
In November, Judge Andrew Roraback refused to let the case go to family court. Eduardo and Paula Montanez’s bonds were kept at $250,000 and $200,000, and ordered the couple to have no contact with the girl or two of her siblings.
Both Eduardo and Paula Montanez have been released on bond. They have both pled not guilty to all charges.
Eduardo will have a pre-trail hearing, at Danbury Superior Court. Paula is due in court for pre-trial on August 20.