A Mass. police officer accused of choking woman just had his certification suspended

A police officer at Quinsigamond Community College was temporarily banned from law enforcement in Massachusetts on Monday, after being arraigned last week on domestic violence charges in connection with an incident in December.

Tyler Goodney is charged with one count of felony strangulation or suffocation and one count of misdemeanor assault and battery. Court records show a criminal complaint and summons were issued for Goodney in March, and he was arraigned on the charges on April 3.

A Leominster District Court judge allowed Goodney’s release without setting bail, and ordered him to comply with a restraining order taken out by the woman he is accused of assaulting…

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