Jury convicts suspect in fatal Bensonhurst fire
A 31-year-old man was convicted of setting that turned his Bensonhurst apartment house into an inferno, killing five people, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes announced.
The jury, which began deliberating on March 12, took less than an hour to find Daniel Ignacio guilty of five counts of second degree murder, nine counts of second degree arson, one count of fourth degree arson, and one count of first degree assault.
Ignacio will be sentenced by New York State Supreme Court Justice Neil Firetog on April 14. He faces a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.