Conception captain sentences to 4 years

[Jared0425]

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Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel. The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted...

www.yahoo.com

 

[NW Dive Dawg]

So what does four years in "custody" mean? Prison?

 

[Kendall Raine]

So what does four years in "custody" mean? Prison?

Yes. First sentence of the linked article: A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in prison and three years supervised release

 

[Julie T]

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Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel. The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted...

www.yahoo.com

The article in the San Luis Obispo Tribune (link follows) gives details I hadn't read before. It appears the investigators recovered video taken by one of the passengers below decks, and the quotes from the audio are heartbreaking. https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/crime/article288285775.html

 

[happy-diver]

Yeah and next the owners and next the coast guard and what about the guy that untied the boat from
the dock and that other guy that filled the boat with gas, or was he the same guy, well everyone knew

And is anyones pain really lessened and for how long

Maybe it was a girl not a guy