William Kelly Files Battery Complaint Against Mark Curran: Video

GRAYSLAKE, IL — A criminal complaint for battery has been filed against former Lake County Sheriff and current Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Curran following an incident caught on video Saturday at the Lake County Republican office in Grayslake, involving Curran's U.S. Senate opponent, William Kelly. According to a release from Kelly's team Monday morning, the conservative radio host and Republican U.S. Senate candidate filed the criminal complaint against Curran.

According to the news release, the incident (see video) happened within minutes of Curran's arrival at the Lake County Republican office, as Curran and Kelly were both invited to speak before the Lake County Republican Central Committee (LCRCC), which had its endorsement session on Saturday.

In the video, Curran calls Kelly a "liar" and Kelly responds by asking him, "Oh really, how am I a liar? Did you support driver's licenses for illegal aliens? Yes or no?"

The news release adds that an "unhinged Curran then grabs Kelly roughly by both shoulders and shoves him across the room to the door."

The video then shows Curran stating "Let's go," followed by Kelly's remarks: "Is that what you want to do? Do you want to go right now? Yeah, you're a Democrat." According to the news release, Curran switched to the Republican Party in 2008.

"As a former sheriff, Mark Curran should know by now what a battery is," Kelly said, in the news release. "If Mark Curran can't handle being questioned about his positions on key issues without exploding in anger and becoming unhinged, how can he run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican? I think Mark needs to address his emotional instability issues before he really hurts himself or someone else."

According to Kelly's team, the committee was "informed about the battery and the filing of the criminal complaint against Curran, but endorsed him in Saturday's session anyway."

According to the news release, Kelly and Curran have long been at-odds over Curran's support for illegal immigration.

Patch will continue updating this story as new information becomes available, including any statements from Curran or his team.