Friday, August 10, 2012
Brian Saucier, 42, of Stoneham, pleaded guilty Friday, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's office.
Brian Saucier, of Stoneham, pleaded guilty Friday to involuntary manslaughter charges stemming from the shaking death of his infant son, according to an announcement from the Middlesex District Attorney's office. According to the announcement, Saucier shook his son in 2002, and the boy died eight years later from the injuries. Saucier was arraigned on Aug. 5, initially entering a plea of not guilty. Here's more on the case: Below is the announcement from the Middlesex County District Attorney's office: Stoneham Man Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter Charge In Death Of Son WOBURN- A Stoneham man has pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter for shaking his son as an infant, which caused substantial brain injuries and resulted in his death eight …
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Day seven of the trial is underway at Middlesex County Superior Court Tuesday.
Here are updates from day seven in the Mark Kerrigan involuntary manslaughter trial Tuesday at Middlesex County Superior Court: @9:07 a.m.: Jury resumes deliberations from Monday. @4:48 p.m.: Jury enters and court is in session. @4:49 a.m.: Judge S. Jane Haggerty thanks the jury for their hard work and releases them for the day. The jury will return at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday to resume deliberations.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
"He grabbed (Daniel Kerrigan) around the neck with such force that he fractured his larynx," Keeley said.
The trial of Mark Kerrigan comes down to whether jurors believe Daniel Kerrigan's fatal heart issues were set into motion by the altercation with his son on Jan. 24, 2010, or if they had already begun earlier. After a week of testimony, attorneys made closing statements Monday and the case was handed to the jury, which was still deliberating by the end of the day at Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn. Mark Kerrigan, the brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, is charged with involuntary manslaughter stemming from his father's death last year. Prosecutors allege Kerrigan crushed his father's larynx during a confrontation early in the morning on Jan. 24, 2010. During closing statements, prosecutor Elizabeth Keeley described …
Day six of the trial is underway at Middlesex County Superior Court Monday.
Here are the latest updates in the Mark Kerrigan manslaughter trial at Middlesex County Superior Court Monday: @9:12 a.m.: Court is in session. @9:13 a.m.: Judge S. Jane Haggerty discusses jury instructions with the prosecution and defense attorneys. @9:24 a.m.: Jury enters the room. @9:28 a.m.: Defense Attorney Janice Bassil starts closing argument. @9:30 a.m.: Bassil said Brenda Kerrigan, wife of Daniel Kerrigan who died on Jan. 24, 2010 in a struggle with his son Mark Kerrigan, testified what she saw and did not see hands around his father's throat. @9:32 a.m.: At some point, Mark Kerrigan came upstairs and seemed intoxicated, said Bassil. Daniel Kerrigan ran downstairs and Brenda Kerrigan followed, saw her her husband and son in a "…
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Dr. Warren Manning testified for the defense Friday morning in Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn.
With the defense wrapping up its case Friday morning, closing arguments in the Mark Kerrigan manslaughter trial begin Monday in Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn. Mark Kerrigan, 46, of Stoneham, is on trial for involuntary manslaughter and assault and battery on a person over 60. He is accused of causing the death of his 70-year-old father Daniel Kerrigan at the family's home in Stoneham. Olympic figure skater and Lynnfield resident Nancy Kerrigan, who did not testify during the trial, sat with family members behind her brother, Mark Kerrigan, Friday and have attended all the court proceedings. The figure skater had a close call Thursday afternoon leaving the courthouse, as she was involved in a two-car accident in Wakefield. The …
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The emotional testimony from Daniel Kerrigan's wife brings an early end to day three of the Mark Kerrigan manslaughter trial on Wednesday.
Updated at 1:09 p.m. and 3:49 p.m. The third day of the Mark Kerrigan trial ended midway through Brenda Kerrigan's emotional testimony about the events that occurred the night her husband Daniel Kerrigan died following an altercation with her son, Mark Kerrigan. Brenda Kerrigan testified that Mark Kerrigan had been trying to use the house phone multiple times and that her husband had become annoyed with his son and told him to not to use it and to go downstairs in the basement. The couple went to bed at about 11:15 p.m. Jan. 23, 2010, but in the early morning hours of Jan. 24 they heard Mark Kerrigan making noise downstairs. After Daniel Kerrigan put on a pair of jeans and Brenda Kerrigan her bathrobe, they went downstairs to see what …
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Day two of the manslaughter trial started Tuesday morning in Woburn Superior Court.
Updated at 3:30 p.m. A neck injury sustained by Daniel Kerrigan, the father of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, during a struggle with his son may have set in motion the fatal heart attack suffered by Daniel Kerrigan last year at his home in Stoneham, according to a cardiologist testifying for the prosecution. Mark Kerrigan, of Stoneham, is accused of causing the death of his 70-year-old father Daniel Kerrigan during a struggle Jan. 24, 2010. Prosecutors claim that Mark Kerrigan is responsible for his father's death after he allegedly injured the elder Kerrigan by grabbing his throat with such force that he damaged the left side of his larynx. Mark Kerrigan is on trial for involuntary manslaughter and assault and battery on a person …
Monday, May 16, 2011
Family, a neighbor and a firefighter also testified on the first day of the manslaughter trial Monday in Woburn Superior Court.
WOBURN — The manslaughter trial for Mark Kerrigan began with opening statements from the prosecution and defense in Woburn Superior Court Monday morning. Mark Kerrigan pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault and battery on a person over 60 years of age stemming from a struggle Jan. 24, 2010 with his 70-year-old father Daniel Kerrigan at the family home in Stoneham. Prior to opening statements, Middlesex Superior Court Judge S. Jane Haggerty provided the jury with a preliminary overview of their responsibilities as jurors and also some information pertaining to the case. Opening Statements The prosecution depicted Mark Kerrigan as "drunk, abusive, and physically violent toward his father." The prosecution also …
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Opening Statements Heard Monday Morning in Woburn Superior Court.
The manslaughter trial for Mark Kerrigan began with opening statements from the prosecution and defense in Woburn Superior Court Monday morning. Mark Kerrigan pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault and battery on a person over 60 years of age stemming from a struggle Jan. 24, 2010 with his 70-year-old father Daniel Kerrigan at the family home in Stoneham. The prosecution depicted Mark Kerrigan as "drunk, abusive and physically violent toward his father, (Daniel Kerrigan)." The prosecution also claimed that Mark Kerrigan grabbed his father by the throat with such force that he crushed the left side of his larynx while shoving him to the floor. Meanwhile, the defense claimed that Daniel Kerrigan's death was not…
