Suffolk County District Attorney: Indictments Returned In Fatal July Boat Crash

South End MA

29 October, 2021

10:48 PM

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Press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney: October 28, 2021 BOSTON, October 28, 2021— A Suffolk County grand jury returned indictments for manslaughter and other offenses against the owner and operator of a pleasure boat that crashed last summer, killing 27-year-old Jeanica Julce, Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced today. The indictments, returned Tuesday, charge RYAN DENVER, 38, of Boston's Seaport neighborhood, with involuntary manslaughter, three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Mr. Denver owned a Pursuit DC 365 speedboat which he named "Make it Go Away" and was operating the 37-foot-long 17,000-pound vessel in Boston Harbor in the early morning hours of July 17, 2021. At approximately 2:50 a.m., it struck Daymarker 5, a large distinctively marked fixed navigational aid, head-on with such destructive force that the boat sank, sending all eight individuals on board – including Ms. Julce and Mr. Denver – into the harbor. This press release was produced by the Suffolk County District Attorney. The views expressed here are the author's own.