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Nearly five years after 34 people died below deck in a fire on the Conception dive boat, the families of the victims have yet to receive any restitution and the vessel's captain remains free, despite ...

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A U.S. District judge on Thursday sentenced Conception boat captain Jerry Boylan to four years in a federal prison, officials said. Last year, a jury in Los Angeles found Boylan, 70, guilty of one ...

In the early hours of Sept. 2, 2019, the Conception dive boat was anchored off Santa Cruz Island, 25 miles out to sea from Santa Barbara, when a fire sparked and burned unnoticed. At about 3 a.m., the ...

The captain of the Conception dive boat that caught fire near Santa Cruz Island in 2019, killing all 33 passengers and one crew member, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. Backstory: Jerry ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Several victims of a boat fire that occurred near the Santa Cruz Islands in Southern California have been identified as Northern California residents. From Santa Cruz to Fremont, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in prison and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people ...

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors are seeking restitution for the families of 34 people killed in a scuba dive boat fire in 2019 that was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. A judge will ...

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard ...

A memorial at Sea Landing at the Santa Barbara Harbor to the 34 people who died in the Conception dive boat fire. The boat's captain, Jerry Boyland, was convicted of manslaughter Monday in federal ...

A total of 34 people were killed on Sept. 2, 2019, when the Santa Barbara-based dive boat Conception caught fire and sank while anchored offshore of Santa Cruz Island. Noozhawk.com Conception dive ...