Mark Kerrigan, Brother of Former Figure Skater Nancy Kerrigan, Arrested in Suspicious Death of Father, Daniel Kerrigan

Former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother, Mark Kerrigan, has been arrested in the suspicious death of their father, Daniel Kerrigan, 70. According to NECN, he will be arraigned today on criminal charges. There are reports surfacing that he has been "charged with assault, plus battery on an elder, serious bodily injury in connection with his father's death."

Mark Kerrigan is 45 years old. MyFoxBoston also reports that a "struggle" between Mark and his father occurred before Daniel's death yesterday in his Stoneham, Mass., home.

"He [Mark Kerrigan] stated that he wanted to use the phone and his father would not let him,'' according to a Stoneham police report filed in court. "He said that he struggled with his father and put his hands around his father neck and his father fell to the floor. He said that his father was faking it.''

In the police report, police said that Mark Kerrigan appeared intoxicated and was belligerent toward officers as they tried to help his father. Police said in the report that pictures were knocked off the walls and that there appeared to be some blood near where Daniel Kerrigan was found. Source: Boston Globe

The cause of Mr. Kerrigan's death is undetermined, pending an autopsy by the state's medical examiner's office.

More to follow.....