4 Indicted For Manslaughter in East Village Explosion That Killed 2
(DNAINFO) Janon Fisher | February 11, 2016 — Four people were indicted Thursday for manslaughter and other charges in connection with the East Village gas explosion that killed two people, injured 22 others and leveled three East Village buildings, prosecutors said.
Maria Hrynenko, 56, who owns the building where the blast happened, her son Michael Hrynenko, 30, contractor Dilber Kukic, 40, and plumber Anthanasios “Jerry” Ioannidis, 59, were also charged with criminally negligent homicide, assault in the second degree and offering a phony plumbing license, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.