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A federal judge in Los Angeles has sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in prison and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019. The tragedy was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. Captain Jerry Boylan was sentenced on Thursday. He was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer last year. The charge is a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as seaman’s manslaughter. It was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters. Boylan’s appeal is ongoing.

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The Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table (NSBCART) committee is slated to induct Joan Edwards and Bryan Ayer posthumously into the NSBCART Hall of Fame at the NSBCART's annual Hall of Fame induction and awards dinner May 15 at the Santa Maria Elks Lodge.

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