Former Schenectady code inspector Kenneth Tyree will spend four months behind bars following a 2015 apartment fire that killed four people on Jay Street.

“Honestly, I just think it’s a slap in the face," said Michael Roberson, whose brother Robert Thomas was one of four people to die in the March 2015 fatal fire. “I’m aggravated. I’m pissed. I’m so disappointed in the system.”

In March, Tyree was convicted of offering a false instrument for filing after he lied on his employment application when asked if he had any criminal convictions.

Tyree's attorney argued those convictions have nothing to do with the man Tyree is today.

“He was 20 years old [when he was convicted of burglary]. He’s done what you encourage, I’m sure, every defendant to do who comes before you, to turn their life around, and Mr. Tyree did that," said Mark Gaylord, Tyree's defense attorney.

“I would think and do agree that taxpayers would want to know if the individuals responsible for coming into their home [and] inspecting it has or has not been in the past been convicted of unlawfully entering homes," said Judge Matthew Sypniewski.

In March, a jury found him not guilty of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.

During the trial, prosecutors argued that Tyree also lied by saying the fire alarm system in the Jay Street apartment was working when it was not. The fire broke out 14 hours after his inspection.