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Jury Selection In Case Of Fatal Job Postings Defendant Begins

Jury selection begins today in the trial of 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty, who is charged in a fatal scheme to lure victims with phony on-line job offers.Rafferty is charged with helping his mentor, 53-year-old Richard Beasley, who will be tried separately. Both defendants have pleaded not guilty. Three men were killed last year in Noble and Summit Counties after responding to what authorities said were bogus online job postings.
      

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.