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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 Associated Pres

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.