GOUVERNEUR, New York (WWNY) – A Lisbon man has been charged in the death of Andrew Johnston following a fight at Serendipity Bar in Gouverneur on February 13.
Gouverneur police Wednesday charged 30-year-old Brian Hale with second-degree manslaughter.
Johnston was found dead at his apartment about 12 hours after the fight.
No official cause of death has been released. Danylle Gerstel, Johnston’s longtime partner and the mother of his children, has said she learned the 39-year-old died when a broken rib lacerated his spleen.
Gerstel told 7 News that Johnston was at the bar with a friend, when two men came in, suckered punched the friend, and attacked Johnston while he was playing pool.
Hale pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in Gouverneur town court following his arrest.
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