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Captain Jerry Boylan was the first to abandon ship on September 2 2019, leaving 33 passengers and one crewmember to die onboard the Conception dive boat (AP)
Captain Jerry Boylan was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer last year. Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat ...
Captain Jerry Boylan was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer last year. The charge is a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as seaman’s manslaughter. It was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters.
Boylan was convicted last year of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer following a 10-day trial in Captain in 2019 scuba boat fire ordered to pay about $32K to families of 3 of 34 ...
A captain has been found guilty of “seaman’s manslaughter” over a blaze that killed 34 people asleep on a scuba diving boat off California.. Jerry Boylan was in charge of the Conception when ...
On November 6, 2023, the captain, Jerry Nehl Boylan, was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer, colloquially known as "seaman’s manslaughter". Boylan was freed on $75,000 bond before being sentenced on May 2, 2024, to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his criminal negligence.
Prosecutors say Jerry Boylan was negligent when he failed to institute a roving night watch or conduct proper fire drills before the fire that killed 34. He has pleaded not guilty.
Jerry Boylan’s criminal negligence as captain of the Conception led to the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. Wednesday’s restitution order by a federal judge comes nearly five years after the Sept. 2, 2019, tragedy off the central California coast, which prompted changes to maritime regulations and several ongoing lawsuits.