A New Bedford man is being held without bail after allegedly hitting his neighbor with a baseball bat during a fight that led to the victim’s death over the weekend.

Arirto Santiago, 38, pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the death of Curtis Pina, 56.

The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said police were called to a rooming house on Sawyer Street for reports of a fight late Saturday night.

There, officers found Pina bleeding heavily from his forehead on the third-floor landing. Pina was taken by EMS to Saint Luke’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a few hours later.

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