Tag Archives: manslaughter

An Aurora firefighter-paramedic who was convicted of assault and negligent homicide in the death Elijah McClain, has been freed after the trial judge agreed to reduce his sentence. Peter Cichuniec, 51, had been incarcerated in the Sterling Correctional Facility, serving a five-year prison sentence.

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for April 29, 2024, Brad and Curt discuss the appeal of an arbitrator’s decision to reduce the suspension of a Kansas City firefighter to three days for causing a triple fatal apparatus crash; ...

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The family of a woman who died of a drug overdose following a party attended by several members of the North Las Vegas Fire Department has filed suit against the city, the woman’s firefighter-husband, and four other firefighters. Tiffany Slatsky died on February 23, 2020 following unsuccessful efforts by her firefighter-husband, Christopher Candito, to administer narcan to her.

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Today’s burning question: Could London’s fire chief and other senior fire officials be prosecuted over their decision to advise residents of the Grenfell Tower to shelter-in-place? Answer: According to the Telegraph, police officials are investigating whether senior fire officials should be charged in regards to their role in the deaths of residents in Grenfell Tower high rise fire. Seventy-two people died in the fire that engulfed the 23-story building on June 14, 2017.

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A Florida firefighter is facing manslaughter charges after he forgot his son in his pickup truck and the child died of heat stroke. Hillsborough County firefighter Troy Whitaker thought he had dropped off his 23-month old son Lawson at day care last Friday morning, and went home to study for promotion.

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We started this week with too many fire law stories to cover them all and that is exactly how we will end it!

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A firefighter who punched another firefighter in an altercation over backing up a fire truck is now facing manslaughter charges. Strother, Oklahoma firefighter Harold Sims struck firefighter-Chaplain Dale Patterson last February. The assault took place in the fire station and ...

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A wrongful death lawsuit filed against an Ohio firefighter and fire district has been settled for $1.57 million. Firefighter Timothy Johnson, now 43, of the Portage Fire District, was responding to a mutual aid structure fire on July 16, 2010 ...

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Tammy Brewer, the Louisville Metro (Kentucky) EMT who was originally charged with murder following an ambulance crash on April 3, 2008 that killed a patient, is in the news again. Last December, she pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and accepted a 10 year ...

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The Black Sunday fire occurred on January 23, 2005, a tragic day in a tragic decade for FDNY. Six firefighters were force to jump from the top floor of an apartment building on East 178th Street. Miraculously only two firefighters ...

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