LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The former owner of the site of the city of Las Vegas’ deadliest fire surrendered to authorities Tuesday, three months after a judge gave him 90 days of freedom.

Adolfo Orozco-Garcia, 49, originally faced 27 charges related to the December 2019 fire that killed six tenants: Donald Keith Bennett, 63; Tracy Ann Cihal, 57; Francis Lombardo Jr., 72; Cynthia Mikell, 61; Kerry Marie Odo-Baclaan, 46; and Henry Lawrence Pinc, 70.

The fire injured 13 people and left more than 50 homeless. It is the deadliest fire within Las Vegas city limits.

In January, Orozco-Garcia took a plea deal, avoiding a lengthy trial scheduled to begin in February. Orozco-Garcia agreed to an Alford plea on two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one charge of wanton disregard of safety resulting

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