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USA v. Boylan

  1. May 02, 2024

    Ship Captain Gets 4 Years Over Boat Fire That Killed 34

    A California federal judge on Thursday sentenced a ship captain to four years in prison over his conviction stemming from a deadly boat fire that killed 34 people, citing the captain's remorse and lack of ill intent as he declined to impose the government's and some victims' family members' request for the statutory maximum of 10 years.

  2. April 22, 2024

    Ship Captain Can't Get New Trial Over Boat Fire That Killed 34

    A California federal judge on Monday denied a new trial bid by a captain convicted of manslaughter in connection with a deadly boat fire, rejecting his argument that the judge issued an erroneous jury instruction, causing the jury to overlook a lesser alternative charge of gross negligence endangering a person's life.

  3. November 06, 2023

    Captain Convicted Of Manslaughter In Boat Fire That Killed 34

    A California federal jury on Monday convicted Capt. Jerry Boylan of manslaughter in connection with the deaths of 34 occupants who were trapped in a bunk room as a fire broke out on the ill-fated dive boat Conception in 2019.

  4. November 03, 2023

    Captain's Negligence Killed 34 In Fire, Jury Told As Trial Wraps

    Captain Jerry Boylan would "roll the dice" every time he failed to order a roving patrol on the Conception, and his negligence finally caught up with him on Sept. 2, 2019, when a boat fire killed 34 people, California federal prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments Friday in Boylan's manslaughter trial.

  5. October 26, 2023

    'There's Got To Be A Way Out!': Jury Sees Video Of Boat Fire

    Federal prosecutors on Thursday showed a California jury considering manslaughter charges against boat captain Jerry Boylan haunting video — recovered from the phone of a passenger who died in the fire on the Conception — with billowing smoke, panicked shouts and someone yelling, "There's got to be a way out!"

  6. October 25, 2023

    Captain Fled Ship With 34 People Trapped In Fire, Jury Hears

    The Conception's captain Jerry Boylan didn't train his crew in fire prevention, didn't organize nightly patrols, and didn't alert passengers before abandoning the flaming vessel in the early hours of Sept. 2, 2019, resulting in 34 deaths, federal prosecutors told a California jury as his manslaughter trial opened Wednesday.

  7. September 28, 2023

    Conception Captain Can't Shake Charges In 34 Divers' Deaths

    A California federal judge refused Thursday to toss the criminal case against a captain charged after 34 passengers died in the 2019 Conception boat fire, rejecting arguments that prosecutors questioned potential witnesses improperly and noting that defense counsel can ask the witnesses at trial whether their answers were coerced.

  8. September 18, 2023

    Gag Order Denied In Calif. Ship Captain's Trial Over 34 Deaths

    A California federal judge denied a gag order request Monday from a captain charged with negligence in the maritime deaths of 34 people, saying he does not give any credence to mere "speculation" the prosecution team leaked a government report to the media.