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Band Manager Sent to Prison for Nightclub Blaze

Thursday, May 11, 2006 | 0

A Rhode Island judge sentenced the band tour manager for Great White to four years in prison for his role in the deadly Station nightclub fire in 2003. Superior Court Judge Francis J. Darigan suspended 11 years off a 15-year sentence for Daniel Biechele, who set off the Providence-area blaze that killed 100 patrons who were watching a concert when the band's pyrotechnics caught the club on fire, trapping people inside. Biechele, who pleaded guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter, was responsible for lighting the fireworks as part of the show. He was immediately taken to prison, af...

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