Kerrigan Brother Requests Return to Jail

The Boston Herald reports that Stoneham native Mark Kerrigan, Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother, has asked to return to prison to serve out the remainder of his sentence after being released a little more than a week ago.

Probation Department spokeswoman Coria Holland told the Herald that if Kerrigan returned to prison, it would release him from special conditions of his early release.

Kerrigan, 47, had been serving his 2 1/2 year sentence at Middlesex House of Correction before his release on July 27 if scheduled to appear in Middlesex Superior Court tomorrow on his request to serve the remaining six-to-eight months of his sentence, the Herald reported.

Last May, on a single misdemeanor count of assault and battery. He stood trial after being Daniel Kerrigan amid a struggle inside the family's home in Stoneham on Jan. 24, 2010.

to the maximum sentence of 2 1/2 years in county jail, with six months suspended.

Check out Stoneham Patch's comprehensive coverage of Kerrigan's trial from last year, and read the full report about his request to serve the remainder of his sentence at the Boston Herald.