Officials: Owner of exploded home fails to show in court

Originally published: December 5, 2012 2:34 PM
Updated: December 5, 2012 9:29 PM
By NICOLE FULLER nicole.fuller@newsday.com

An explosion destroyed a Brentwood home and affected others blocks away. No one was killed, and 21 people were taken to nearby hospitals for evaluation. Videojournalists: James Carbone and Ed Betz (April 24, 2011) (April 24, 2011 5:46 PM)

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The owner of the Brentwood home that exploded last summer, killing two people, failed to appear Wednesday in court, where he had been expected to request more time to pay fines for housing violations, officials said.

Marcel Richard, 63, of Brooklyn, told a court clerk on Monday that he needed additional time to pay the rest of the $2,400 in fines lodged against him after Town of Islip housing...

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