Brooklyn, NY +Homeless Man Charged In Massive 10 Alarm Fire+

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY - A 59-year-old homeless man was taken into custody and charged in connection with the massive 10 alarm fire that destroyed a warehouse complex in Brooklyn.

Investigators were looking into whether the man and a group of other homeless men set the fire on May 2 while trying to steal copper wire from inside the building.
Investigators said they believed the men might have been attempting to burn the insulation off the copper, which may have been what caused the massive fire.

The man was being questioned by members of the New York City police and fire departments and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Also the owner of the warehouse Joshua Guttman, was served today with criminal environmental charges. The Brooklyn DA has charged Joshua Guttman and his son, Jack Guttman, with 434 counts of failure to maintain privately owned waterfront property where the Greenpoint Warehouses stood.

That's one count for each day they allegedly failed to make repairs to deteriorating piers and bulkheads after being ordered by the city to do so. They face up to $5,000 in fines for each misdemeanor, or more than $2 million total.