NEW YORK – A rigger who worked on a massive construction crane that collapsed and killed seven people has been stripped of his licenses after an administrative judge said his sloppy work was to blame ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

William Rapetti, a rigging contractor who was the only person criminally charged in the March 2008 collapse of a tower crane that killed seven people, was acquitted Thursday by Supreme Court Justice ...

William Rapetti, the crane rigger responsible for a crane at a Midtown condo site that collapsed and killed seven people in March 2008, was acquitted of all charges, including manslaughter, criminally ...

“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 master rigger was acquitted of all charges Thursday in the deaths of seven people in a 2008 Manhattan crane collapse that outraged the city and exposed widespread Buildings Department corruption.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 5, 2002 — Barnhart Crane and Rigging Co., a provider of heavy rigging and transportation solutions based in Memphis, has purchased Gadsden, Ala-based Taylor Crane Rental and ...

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 ...

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 ...