Jerry Nehl Boylan, 70, the captain of the Conception, the Santa Barbara-based dive boat involved in the deadly 2019 fire that cost 34 lives, was yesterday sentenced to 48 months in federal prison.
The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge George H. Wu. A restitution hearing was scheduled for July 11.
Conception dive boat fire: Captain guilty of seaman’s manslaughter
In November last year, as we reported at the time, at the conclusion of a 10-day trial, a jury found Boylan guilty of one...