From the AP:
An asbestos-cleanup foreman who said he was a scapegoat for inspectors' failures was acquitted of manslaughter and all other charges Tuesday in a blaze that killed two firefighters at a ground zero bank tower.
Two other construction-company supervisors were still awaiting verdicts in the sole criminal trial stemming from the blaze at the toxic, condemned building.
The 2007 fire at the former Deutsche Bank building killed FDNY Firefighters Robert Beddia and Joseph P. Graffagnino. Read it all HERE.
UPDATE, 1:27 PM: According to the NY Times news blog, supervisor Jeffrey Melofchik was acquitted of all charges in the Deutsche Bank case.
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