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Captain sentenced to 4 years in prison after scuba dive boat fire that killed 34 in California - Global News Network Liberia

Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat

A federal judge in Los Angeles has sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in prison and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died

Captain of the 'Conception' Sentenced to Four Years in Boat Fire that Killed 34 People

Conception dive boat captain sentenced to 4 years in fiery deaths of 34 off Santa Cruz Island

The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and several ongoing lawsuits.

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Al Seib/ Los Angeles Times(SANTA CRUZ, Ca.) The captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday, according to ABC Los Angeles station KABC.The sentence also included three years of supervised release, KABC reported.A federal jury found Jerry Boylan, 70, of Santa Barbara, guilty of seaman s manslaughter in November 2023 in connection with the deadly boat fire.Boylan was the captain of the Conception, a 75-foot boat that caught fire while it was docked at Platt s Harbor near Santa Cruz Island during a scuba diving excursion in the early morning hours on Sept. 2, 2019, while passengers and crew members were sleeping. One crew member and 33 passengers died, while Boylan and four other crew members jumped overboard and survived.The judge issued the sentence after hearing more than a dozen victim impact statements.A federal grand jury initially indicted Boylan on 34 counts of miscon