Defendant Jerry Boylan, captain of the Conception, leaves federal court in Los Angeles on May 2, 2024. A federal judge sentenced Boylan the scuba dive boat captain to four years in prison and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel. Richard Vogel/AP Photo
LOS ANGELES—A federal judge in Los Angeles on May 2 sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in prison and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel.
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.
