Assistant District Attorney Louis O'Neill prosecuted Kaltech Industries Group, Inc in connection with an April, 2002 explosion in its West 19th Street offices.
NEW YORK COUNTY, 24 March 2004 - Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today the guilty plea of Kaltech Industries Group, Inc, a Chelsea architectural sign manufacturing company in connection with an April, 2002 explosion in its West 19th Street offices.
The blast caused extensive damage to Kaltech's building and a building directly across the street. In total, 31 people were taken to hospitals, 16 were admitted for treatment and four received critical injuries requiring intensive care. Non-Kaltech employees working in the building were injured on the second, fourth and tenth floors, as were visitors to the building and pedestrians on West 19th Street. Six firefighters were also injured as they engaged in rescue efforts.
Assistant District Attorney Louis O'Neill, who is assigned to the District Attorney's Special Prosecutions Bureau, was in charge of the prosecution under the supervision of Bureau Chief Leroy Frazer.
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