Two people were arrested Monday morning on charges connected to the deadly Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people in December, according to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.
Derick Almena, the warehouse's operator, and Max Harris, a warehouse tenant, were the ones taken into custody.
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley is expected to announce the official filing of criminal charges at 1:00 p.m. at the Alameda County Courthouse.
Almena, 46, who friends knew as Derick Ion, was convicted in January of receiving stolen property, specifically an Airstream trailer from his landlord in January 2015, court records show. He spent two days in jail then, plead no contest to a misdemeanor, and is currently on probation until 2019.