Newlyweds spend night in jail after bride tries to hit new hubby's ex-gal with car
BY Larry Mcshane
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, March 3rd 2010, 1:44 PM
A pair of Massachusetts newlyweds learned a hard lesson: There's no honeymoon suite in the local police station.
Timothy Keene and his blushing bride Marissa spent their wedding night in separate cells after she tried to run down one of her new spouse's ex-girlfriends, Barnstable police said.
The Monday incident occurred shortly after the couple's wedding at Barnstable Town Hall, which they celebrated with a bottle of champagne, police said.
But the party stopped abruptly when Marissa Putignano-Keene spotted an old flame of her new husband in the parking lot behind a local Italian restaurant, police said.
The wife rolled down her car window and began spewing obscenities at the other woman - and then steered the vehicle right at her and her son, police said.
The pair managed to avoid the car, while Putignano-Keene failed to avoid a fence. Police arrived, and took the intoxicated couple into custody.
Putignano-Keene, 22, was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, disorderly conduct and vandalism.
Her 37-year-old husband - a registered Massachusetts sex offender - was charged with disorderly conduct. The pair were released Tuesday, with the wife due back in court on April 2.
Newlyweds spend night in jail after bride tries to hit new hubby's ex-gal with car