Jerry Boylan, the captain of the Conception dive boat where 34 people died amid smoke and flame over Labor Day weekend in 2019, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for negligence that contributed to the disaster. U.S. District Judge George Wu said he found Boylan "incredibly remorseful" and that he had not "intended to do something bad." The judge called it "one of the most difficult sentencings I've ever done" and said he was taking the 70-year-old Boylan's age and health into... Read this story
