01:00 AM EST on Thursday, December 18, 2003

The following is a summary of reporting sources used by Tom Mooney and Zachary R. Mider for this story:

Foam is glued to the club's walls: West Warwick police affidavits, West Warwick fire inspection records; interview with Kathleen M. Hagerty.

Denis P. Larocque declines to speak publicly: Interview with Larocque's lawyer Joseph J. Rodio; interview request with Larocque.

Events leading up to the transfer of The Station's liquor license in March 2000: West Warwick Police, Fire, and Building Department records; Nov. 16, 1999 letter from Police Chief Peter Brousseau to Leon Piasczyk; interview with Frank L. Venezia, minimum housing inspector.

Denis P. Larocque's personal background: West Warwick employee records; voter registration records; interviews with Larocque's friends Jean P. Roch and Christopher J. Coffua.

Denis P. Larocque's inspection of The Station on March 2, 2000: West Warwick fire inspection records.

Larocque family history: Genealogical records; interviews with Larocque's friends Roch and Gregory Laboissonniere; obituary of Joseph G. Larocque.

Denis P. Larocque's early work history: Interview with Laboissonniere; a 1991 interview with Larocque.

West Warwick Fire Department history: The Providence Journal: Sept. 25, 1978; Jan. 23, 1986; March 23, 1989; and Feb. 20, 1997.

Neighbors' complaints about the nightclub: West Warwick police records, Town Council minutes.

Larocque becomes fire marshal: Interviews with Larocque's friends Roch, Coffua, Blake Laverdiere; former fire marshals Russell N. Ouellette and Robert E. Kelley.

Duties of a fire marshal: Fire Department contract, town personnel records; interviews with former West Warwick fire marshals Emilio DiCarlo, Ouellette and Kelley, and Town Manager Wolfgang Bauer.

The Derderians come to town: Interviews with The Station sound technician Paul M. Vanner and neighbor Helen T. Piasczyk.

Derderians efforts to get The Station's liquor license: Tape recording of the March 21 Town Council meeting, fire inspection records, liquor license records.

Larocque raises occupancy level at The Station: Fire inspection records; interviews with Bauer, Rodio and William F. Howe.

Lovin' Kry performs at The Station: Interview with Rev Tyler; Fire Department records.

Larocque's reputation as an inspector: Interviews with Stephen E. Simas, Richard Bettez, Charles M. Mauti and Laboissonniere; school inspection records.

Barry Warner helps the Derderians buy foam: West Warwick police search warrant affidavit; interview with Aram DerManouelian.

Foam is not flagged by West Warwick inspectors: Fire inspection records; Jan. 6, 2003 letter written by Larocque to Joseph Rizzo.