Gregory Nisbet serves 70 days of his three-month sentence for a safety code violation in the building where the fire killed six people.
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Portland landlord is going to jail, after losing his last appeal of conviction in fire that killed 6
Gregory Nisbet, acquitted of manslaughter, got a 90-day sentence for a misdemeanor safety violation in his building on Noyes Street, the site of Portland’s deadliest fire in four decades.
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Justices seem skeptical of Portland landlord’s arguments in appeal of fire code conviction
Gregory Nisbet was sentenced to three months in jail after the November 2014 fire that killed six on Noyes Street, but his lawyer says the code is too vague to be enforced.
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Noyes Street property called a ‘blight’ as anniversary of deadly fire nears
All that remains of the house where 6 people were killed is the foundation, ringed by debris and overgrown vegetation.
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Lawyers for Portland landlord charged in fatal 2014 fire drop out of his appeal
Gregory Nisbet, who owned the Noyes Street apartment where 6 people died, had not been paying his attorneys, who asked to be removed.
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Portland landlord will remain free during appeals in fatal fire case
A judge grants a motion to postpone the start of a three-month jail sentence to allow for lengthy appeals.
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Among Greater Portland landlords, ‘shock waves’ from Nisbet jail sentence
The judge sends a message on safety violations that’s ‘just a completely different approach to code issues,’ says the president of one association.
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In his own words: Gregory Nisbet’s pre-sentencing statement
‘I myself cry and mourn daily the loss of those young lives,’ says the owner of the building in Portland where a fire killed six people.
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Sentencing postponed for landlord in Noyes Street apartment fire case
Landlord Gregory Nisbet was acquitted last month on six manslaughter charges stemming from a fatal fire two years ago, but faces sentencing for a misdemeanor code violation.
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‘At the mercy of landlords,’ tenants fear fatal-fire verdict devalues their lives
They vow to fight for stronger laws. Landlords express relief.