PORTLAND — A judge says a Maine landlord who owned a building were six people died in a fire will serve 90 days in jail. Gregory Nisbet was sentenced for a code violation Thursday. Prosecutors described rooms in a Portland house he rented as “death traps” during his trial. Nisbet addressed the court Thursday to […]
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Portland landlord found not guilty in fatal fire
PORTLAND — A property owner was acquitted Friday of manslaughter in a building fire that killed six people but was convicted of a code violation in converted attic rooms described by prosecutors as “death traps.” Gregory Nisbet was found not guilty of the most serious charges of manslaughter, which carry a penalty of up to […]
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Portland, landlord agree on Dartmouth Street building repairs
PORTLAND — A consent order agreed to Monday by landlord Gregory Nisbet gives him until March 16 to make repairs and improvements to the apartment building he owns at 186-192 Dartmouth St. The order, approved in Portland District Court, requires Nisbet to immediately clean up garbage, remove interior door locks, install a sprinkler head over […]
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Portland takes legal action against landlord for code violations
PORTLAND — Portland officials say they will take legal action against the landlord of an apartment building where six people died in a fire for safety code violations at another building he owns. A city spokeswoman tells The Associated Press that Gregory Nisbet did not bring his Dartmouth Street property up to code by Monday’s […]
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ATF using computer model to find cause in fatal Portland fire
PORTLAND (AP) — Scientists with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are using a computer model to re-create the conditions of an apartment fire that killed six people in Portland in November. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1GLfGd2 ) reported that the computer model could provide answers about how the fire started, why it […]