Trial begins in deadly baseball bat attack of Ballston Spa man

Trial begins in deadly baseball bat attack of Ballston Spa man

The trial started Monday for the Ballston Spa man accused of beating his neighbor to death a year ago with a baseball bat.

The trial of the man accused of beating his neighbor to death with a baseball bat started Monday, with jury selection.

Pharrin Greene is charged with manslaughter, accused of causing the death of Bernard Rogers in Ballston Spa.

Rogers was hit in the head with a metal baseball bat, according to investigators. That caused a traumatic brain injury and a lacerated liver. He died a year after that attack.

Greene was originally charged with assault, but his charges were upgraded after the death.

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