The preliminary hearing for a man who is charged in the deadly Clinton Township explosion last year began on Thursday.
Watch our report about the preliminary hearing below:
Preliminary hearing for man charged in deadly Clinton Township explosion begins
Noor Noel Kestou, 31, of Commerce Township is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the explosion from March 2024 at Select Distributors and Goo Smoke Shop.
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Investigators say that the building, owned and operated by Kestou, exploded because of thousands of cans of Nitrous oxide and butane illegally stored in the building. The business was not licensed to have those canisters.
The explosion sent debris flying for miles. A 19-year-old man died in that explosion after being struck in the head by a Nitrous oxide canister. His family attended the hearing.
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Kestou was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport weeks after the explosion. He was reportedly planning to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket…