Week in Review: Town Spends $35K on Sandy, Kerrigan Returns to Jail
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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Nancy Kerrigan's Brother to Return to Jail
Mark Kerrigan, who was convicted of assault and battery in connection to his father's death in 2010, was ordered Friday to return to a Massachusetts jail for violating his probation, according to a WCVB report.
Stoneham native Mark Kerrigan, brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, is returning to a Massachusetts jail, according to a WCVB report. A Middlesex County judge ordered Mark Kerrigan to return to jail Friday for six more months for violating his probation, according to the report. Kerrigan had previously asked during the summer to return to jail to complete his sentence rather than follow his probation conditions. His attorney told the judge that the terms of his probation are too much of a financial burden, the Boston Herald reported, and that Kerrigan would rather go back to jail than deal with the terms of his release, which included alcohol counseling, anger management classes and mental health counseling. His probation …
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Monday, May 23, 2011
LIVE BLOG: Jury Sent Home, Deliberations Continue Tuesday in Mark Kerrigan Manslaughter Trial
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 "…
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Kerrigan Trial Day Four: "'Dad, I Love You, You've Got To Get Up.'"
"He was telling Danny to 'get up,'" Brenda Kerrigan said through sobs. "'Get up, get up. Get up, Dad, I love you, you've got to get up.'"
The widow of Daniel Kerrigan returned to the stand Wednesday morning to discribe the moments just after her husband collapsed following an altercation with their son last year. Brenda Kerrigan’s son, Mark, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and assault and battery in connection to his father’s death in January 2010. Her testimony concluded at about 10 a.m. Thursday, day four of the trial in Middlesex County Superior Court. She was followed by a medical examiner called by the defense. Prosecutors rested their case against Kerrigan Wednesday afternoon. Kerrigan’s sister, Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, has sat in the court pews behind him with other supportive family members during the trial. Here's a look at some of the events …
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
UPDATED: PHOTOS: Stoneham Cardiologist Believes "Demand Event" Triggered Daniel Kerrigan's Fatal Heart Attack
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
Medical Personnel, Police Among Witnesses Called By Prosecution in Mark Kerrigan Trial
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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Five Things You Need to Know Today: May 16
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1. Time for court: The manslaughter trial of Mark Kerrigan, who allegedly caused his father's death more than a year ago in Stoneham, starts at 9 a.m. in Woburn Superior Court. Mark Kerrigan, of Stoneham, is the brother of Olympic figure skater and Lynnfield resident Nancy Kerrigan who is expected to be called as a witness by the prosecution. Their father Daniel Kerrigan 70-year-old died in his Stoneham home during a struggle with Mark. 2. Rain, rain, go away! The wet weather from Sunday appears as though it may be sticking around for several days, according to the National Weather Service's seven-day forecast for Stoneham. Drizzle is expected before 11 a.m. Monday, followed by scattered showers thereafter, with rainfall totals to be in …
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Nancy Kerrigan to Testify at Brother's Trial
The Olympic skater has been supportive of her brother, Mark Kerrigan, who is on trial for manslaughter following the death of their father last year in Stoneham.
Jury selection begins Friday in Woburn Superior Court in the manslaughter trial of Mark Kerrigan who is accused of causing his father's death more than a year ago in Stoneham. Mark Kerrigan, of Stoneham, is the brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan who is expected to be called as a witness by the prosecution. Their father Daniel Kerrigan died in his Stoneham home during a struggle with Mark. Nancy Kerrigan, of Lynnfield, has supported her brother and believes he was not responsible for their father's death on Jan. 24, 2010, but rather an underlying medical condition was the culprit. Prosecutors told the Associated Press that Nancy Kerrigan had provided them with "extremely relevant testimony." Mark Kerrigan, who was allegedly …
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Kathy Klagholz
3:46 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
I think that he should follow his probation. Why should the tax payers flip the bill when he is in jail? more ›