A Brooklyn jury yesterday acquitted a developer of manslaughter for a building collapse that killed a worker.
Jurors deliberated for a day before concluding that William Lattarulo, 65, should not be held criminally responsible for the death of the day laborer, Louro Ortega, 30, on March 12, 2008.
Prosecutors said Lattarulo hired a contractor, then decided to save $90,000 by himself building a coin laundry on Glenmore Avenue in East New York.
They said he failed to adequately shore up the foundation of the building, causing the structure next door, which he also owned, to give way, burying Ortega in dirt and debris.