Band manager whose pyrotechnics led to 100 deaths has served 16 months.
CRANSTON, R.I. - The band manager whose pyrotechnics ignited a nightclub blaze that killed 100 people was granted parole Wednesday and will be released after serving less than half of his sentence.
Daniel Biechele, the former tour manager for the 1980s band Great White, is scheduled for release in March, the state parole board said. He has served 16 months of a four-year sentence levied after he pleaded guilty last year to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter.
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