Homeowners lied about smoke detectors at Airbnb house: DA
Couple charged after Airbnb house fire killed mom and baby

Background: News footage of the house in Clinton, N.Y. that killed a mom and her baby in October 2024 (Mid Hudson News/YouTube). Inset (left): Shannon and Margaret “Maggie” Hubbard (Dignity Memorial). Inset (top, left to right): Dennis Darcy and Meredith Darcy (Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office).

A New York couple was charged with manslaughter months after prosecutors said they lied about their rental home having functional smoke detectors.

A press release from the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office announced the March 18 arrest of Dennis Darcy, 57, and Meredith Darcy, 55, following an investigation into an October 2024 house fire that killed 35-year-old Shannon Hubbard and her 1-year-old daughter Margaret. According to the release, the house owned by the Darcys was being rented out to Hubbard and her family on Airbnb, which allegedly specified that the house was equipped with functioning smoke detectors.

WRGB, a local CBS affiliate, reported that the investigation allegedly found that there were no smoke detectors at the home at all.

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