NEW YORK – The lone person criminally charged in a construction crane collapse that killed seven people was acquitted Thursday after challenging the conclusion prosecutors, federal regulators and city ...

A crane rigger was acquitted Thursday of manslaughter charges stemming from the collapse of a New York City crane in 2008, a disaster that killed six construction workers and a tourist, hurt two dozen ...

A crane rigger has been found not guilty of manslaughter in connection with the deaths of seven people when a massive crane collapsed in Midtown in 2008. The judge today acquitted William Rapetti and ...

A construction crane owner was acquitted of manslaughter and all other charges Thursday in the May 2008 collapse of a 200-foot-tall rig that snapped apart, killed two workers and fueled concerns about ...

The attorney for the embattled crane rigger accused of causing the deadly 2008 crane collapse in Midtown Manhattan said that “incompetence at the highest levels of city government” killed seven in the ...

“Wild Bill’s” crane rigging days are over. A Manhattan judge has nixed a bid by William Rapetti – the rigger who worked on a construction crane that collapsed and killed seven people – to get his ...

A crane rigger was acquitted Thursday of manslaughter charges stemming from the collapse of a New York City crane in 2008 that killed seven people. The dead included six construction workers and a ...

Accused killer crane rigger William Rappetti has decided to go to trial next week without those pesky, emotional jurors. The rigger — charged with manslaughter for the 2008 crane collapse on 51st ...

NEW YORK -- A crane rigger was acquitted Thursday of manslaughter charges stemming from the collapse of a New York City crane in 2008, a disaster that killed six construction workers and a tourist, ...

A crane rigger was acquitted Thursday of manslaughter charges stemming from the collapse of a New York City crane in 2008, a disaster that killed six construction workers and a tourist, hurt two dozen ...

A judge delivered the verdict in the trial of William Rapetti, who was also acquitted of failing to file some city business taxes. He was the only person to face criminal charges in the collapse, ...