The Region - News from July 1, 1987
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The city attorney’s office filed criminal charges against the owner of a Hollywood apartment house that was set afire June 14. Dan Wiener, of Newport Beach, was charged with 11 misdemeanor counts of failing to install an automatic sprinkler and provide a night fire watch person in the 90-unit Canterbury Apartments, 1746 N. Cherokee Ave. None of the estimated 350 to 400 residents were injured in the arson fire in the four-story, 82-year-old building. The city Building and Safety Department had given Wiener a year, which ended Feb. 18, to complete the improvements. Trial was set for July 23 in Municipal Court. The maximum penalty for each misdemeanor is a $1,000 fine and six months in jail.
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