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« Station fund concert raises nearly $200,000 | Today | Carcieri staff 're-examining' cuts in services for disabled » February 26, 2008Biechele will be released from prison on March 19CRANSTON -- The man who set off the pyrotechnics that sparked The Station nightclub fire that killed 100 people will be released from prison on March 19. Daniel Biechele has been at the ACI since May 2006 for his role in the Feb. 20, 2003, fire at the West Warwick club. But in the fall the parole board decided to release him in March, though it didn't set a specific date. Kim Avedisian, the parole coordinator for the state Department of Corrections, said today that there's no schedule for exactly when Biechele will be released on March 19. Tracey Poole, a spokeswoman, confirmed the release date to projo.com. Station nightclub co-owner Michael A. Derderian will be released one year early from his four-year prison sentence, receiving his freedom on parole in October 2009, the state’s Parole Board decided in January. Derderian, who had pleaded no contest, was sentenced in September 2006 to serve four years in prison followed by three years of probation. He was also given an 11-year suspended sentence, which he may have to serve if he gets into trouble while on probation.
Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsMary | February 27, 2008 1:05 AM link he should never have gone to jail in the first place. the brothers as well. the fire inspector should have been the first if anyone and he walked. the shame of 100 dying was made worse by all these poor souls being dragged in as well. noone got up that morning with the intent to kill 100 people. alan | February 27, 2008 7:56 AM link The Station fire was horrible. I do not believe the Dederian brothers or Dan Biechele should have been blamed for the tragic deaths that occured there. The fire inspector OK'ed the club to be open. Reguardless if you think the Dederians were greedy or not, had the inspector done his job none of this would have ever happened. The fire inspector recently retired. So many people will continue to suffer the loss of their loved ones while many others are forced to endure their injuries their entire life time. They will never be able to retire their grief. Linda | February 27, 2008 9:41 AM link Ditto that Alan. RAYMOND A. DAIGLE | February 27, 2008 12:26 PM link I firmly believe that it was up to the fire inspector to make sure it was up to par. Too many people like to put blame on one another and take the easy way out. If only the fire inspector took responsibility in the first place and done his job right, this may not have happened. Also, if I remember correctly, the club went over capacity which also didn't help. If it weren't over capacity, more people would have make it out alive and the ones who survived may not have been burned so badly, if at all. I wish I could have said this to the judge and spared the wrong people for going to jail. terri mazza | March 11, 2008 9:04 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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I'm glad Biechele is getting out. That fire was a terrible tragedy that should never have happened.
I think the Derderian brothers are the ones who got offf way to easily. Thier greed and callous disregard for the safety and lives of the patrons of the club they owned was the cause, and all they got amounted to a slap on the wrist.I hope every time they close thier eyes they see the faces of all the people they killed and caused injury too. I hope it haunts them for the rest of thier lives.