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Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe former captain of a dive boat that caught fire off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, killing 33 passengers and a crew member trapped by the flames in a bunkroom below deck, was convicted by a federal jury Monday of criminal negligence. Jerry Boylan, 67, was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer, a charge colloquially known as seaman’s manslaughter that could see him spend a decade behind bars, the Associat...

Jerry Boylan was convicted by a federal jury in connection with the 2019 fire that killed 34 people on the Conception dive boat.

LOS ANGELES — After a day of deliberations, a federal court jury in Los Angeles found former Capt. Jerry Boylan guilty Monday of gross negligence in the deaths of 34

Jurors will now decide whether Jerry Boylan, captain of the dive boat where 34 died in a 2019 fire, is guilty of manslaughter.

Jurors will now decide whether Jerry Boylan, captain of the dive boat where 34 died in a 2019 fire, is guilty of manslaughter.

A California woman who fled to Montenegro to avoid serving a lengthy prison sentence has been returned to the United States after spending approximately one year as a fugitive. Tamara Dadyan, 43, of Encino, was extradited by Montenegro and arrived in Los Angeles Monday evening. She is expected to appear this afternoon in the U.S.A California woman who fled to Montenegro to avoid serving a lengthy prison sentence has been returned to the United States after spending approximately one year as a fu...

A Texas-based oil company and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to plead guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act, pay a $7.1

A federal grand jury today accused three companies with illegally discharging oil during a pipeline break in early October by acting negligently in...

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A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned a superseding indictment, unsealed Thursday, charging four additional individuals for their alleged participation in a scheme to submit over 150 fraudulent loan applications seeking over $21.9 million in COVID-19 relief funds guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Manuk Grigoryan, of Sun Valley, California; Arman Hayrapetyan, of Glendale, California; Edvard Paronyan,...