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Owner of exploded Brentwood home faced previous housing violations

A home in Brentwood on 12 Prospect Dr,

Photo credit: Chris Ware | A home in Brentwood on 12 Prospect Dr, which exploded earlier in the day. (Aug. 14, 2012)

The owner of the Brentwood home that exploded Tuesday was cited last year for operating an illegal rooming house and was fined $3,000 after pleading guilty in June to housing violations, Islip Town officials said.

An investigator from the town's Division of Code Enforcement documented 10 violations and issued a summons Sept. 26 to the property owner after a tenant in the house complained about...

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