Jillian Wiener, 21, and Lindsay Wiener, 19, were killed in a house fire on August 3, 2022, at a $8,000-a-week Hamptons rental home

The sisters from Potomac, Maryland,were vacationing with their parents and brother when the rapidly spreading fire started at 3 am in the kitchen and trapped them upstairs

The home’s owners, Peter and Pamela Miller, were hit with 58 building code violation charges

Peter Miller, 56, pled guilty to two felony counts of criminally negligent homicide on Monday

His wife Pamela, 55, who managed the rental, pled guilty to reckless endangerment

Couple admitted in court that smoke detectors were working and a barbecue inside an illegal outdoor kitchen was poorly constructed

Miller admitted he performed the electrical and construction himself, but did not have the job inspected for safety

Sentencing is scheduled for November 7

Homeowner Peter Miller pled guilty to two felony counts of criminally negligent homicide, while wife Pamela, who managed the Hamptons rental, pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment

The owner of a $1.8million vacation home where a house fire wiped out nearly half of a Potomac, Maryland family has pled guilty to two counts of negligent homicide in an emotional court hearing. 
Appearing in court Monday in court in Riverhead, New York, dressed in matching shirts, Peter Miller, 56, and wife Pamela, 55, entered pleas on charges related to a deadly house fire that happened in the Hamptons on August 3, 2022.
Jillian Weiner, 21, a senior at the University of Michigan and her her younger sister Lindsay, 19, a sophomore at Tulane University in New Orleans were sleeping on the second floor and could not escape with the rest of the family..
The girls who were on a final family vacation in the Hamptons with their terminally ill father, their mother and brother died, but the other family members survived the fire.

Jillian Wiener, [left] and her sister Lindsay, [right], from Potomac, Maryland, were trapped on the second floor after a blaze broke out at the rental vacation home over night. The sisters did not survive 

Under oath in court, homeowner Peter Miller testified that he had done the electrical work at the house himself, admitting that the job was not inspected for safety.
The fire started in that kitchen of the seasonal rental, but not a single smoke detector was working.
Furthermore, a barbecue inside an illegal outdoor kitchen was enclosed in a wooden frame that blocked its vents.
Questioned on the integrity of the grill, Miller responded: ‘I built it myself.’
‘You are aware that you overloaded the electrical system?’ prosecuting attorney Sheetal Shetty then asked him. Miller, biting his lip, admitted that he was.

Peter Miller, 56, and wife Pamela Miller, 55, consult with their attorney Edward Burke Jr. in court in Riverhead, New York. Peter admitted that he had done the illegal construction and electrical work at the home, while his wife said she was aware that work had not been inspected

The couple appeared in Suffolk County Court, in Riverhead, New York, on Monday where Peter Miller, the owner of the home, pled guilty to two felony counts of criminally negligent homicide. 
Pamela Miller, who managed the rental property, pled to a lesser misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment. 
The homeowners still face 58 charges in Southampton Town Justice court related to the illegal activity that led to the fire. That case is expected to be resolved via a separate plea deal next week. 

Pamela and Peter Miller were arraigned weeks after the fire in August 2022 after the rental home they own and operate in the Hamptons, after it was discovered that the structure violated several building codes 

The Weiner sisters had been vacationing at the home with their parents Lewis and Alisa along with their oldest sibling Zachary, 23, when the house caught fire, trapping the whole family upstairs. 
In the aftermath, the homeowners were charged by Southampton Town authorities with violating various building codes, such as faulty smoke alarms and illegal construction on the property.
In a half hour of testimony before they entered their guilty pleas on Monday, husband and wife admitted, repeatedly, under oath, the awareness that the house was illegally and dangerously wired.

The house fire has been tracked to faulty wiring. The fire started around 3.30am on Aug 3, 2022. Spread rapidly it give the girls no time to escape, smoke detectors were not working and a barbecue inside an illegal outdoor kitchen was enclosed in a wooden frame that blocked its vents

Peter Miller a restaurateur and his wife acquired the house in 2016. He admitted that he had performed the subsequent illegal construction and electrical work on the house.
Pamela admitted she was the manager of the shoddily constructed short term rental property, which had been rented to the victims’ family through rental company HomeAway. 
To the question, as the property manager, whether she was aware that the kitchen, grill and electrical system was illegal, ‘Yes,’ Pamela replied.
‘I am now aware. Yes. Yes. Yes.’ 
Lewis Wiener, a former federal prosecutor who knew he was dying from pancreatic cancer, paid $8,000 to rent the house for what he thought would be a final one-week family vacation in the area of the Hamptons known as Noyack, which turned into an absolute tragedy.
Wiener ultimately died in April 2024, at the age of 61. 

Lewis Weiner and his wife Alisa from Potomac, Maryland, were on a final family vacation with their children Zachary, Jillian and Lindsay, as Lewis knew he was dying from pancreatic cancer

Lewis and Ashely Weiner who were sleeping on the first floor of the house, were woken at 3:30am on August 3, by the sound of glass shattering from the intense heat generated by the fire.
They scrambled outside, only to realize that their children who had been sleeping on the second floor, were still trapped inside.
Eventually, their eldest, Zachary, escaped the blaze. Crawling out on to a rooftop, he then jumping down. His sisters were not so lucky. Lewis Weiner’s attempts to rescue his girls were futile as he could not get past the wall of flames.
Multiple Hamptons fire companies responded to the fire, which took hours to fully contain. sadly, the first set of firefighters on the scene were also unable to rescue the girls from the raging inferno.
It was only after firefighters gained control of the flames that help reached the sisters, but it was too late. 
Jillian, who was about to start her senior year at the University of Michigan, and Lindsay, a sophomore at Tulane University, were rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital, where both were declared dead.
The couple and Zachary were also taken to the hospital where they were treated and released.
The house itself was left a charred ruin.

Lindsay Eliza Wiener was just weeks shy of starting her sophomore year at Tulane University in New Orleans. Her older sister Jillian Rose Wiener was about to begin her senior year at the University of Michigan when the house fired claimed their lives in August 2022

Alisha Weiner and the couple’s son Zachary are the survivors after family patriarch Lewis Wiener died in April. They have filed a separate suit against the Millers in Federal court

The surviving Wiener family members are expected to be given the opportunity to deliver victim impact statements prior to sentencing by Judge Richard Horowitz, scheduled for November 7. 
The family also filed a separate suit against the Millers in Federal Court for their role in the deaths of Jillian and Lindsey.