NJ Grandfather Was Drunk During NJ Boat Crash That Killed Grandkids, Records Show
Authorities say the grandfather was intoxicated when the boat struck a channel marker, throwing two siblings overboard before they died.
- On Friday, prosecutors charged 64-year-old Stephen Schneider with two counts of reckless death by vessel following a July 19 boating accident in New Jersey that killed two children.
- Authorities allege Schneider was intoxicated when his 30-foot Tidewater Custom 280 struck a channel marker in Barnegat Bay, throwing his grandchildren from the boat.
- Siblings Mya Bella Golabek, 9, and Sigmund Paul Golabek, 7, of Lacey were thrown into the water; both were later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
- In addition to reckless vessel homicide charges, Schneider faces counts of operating a vessel under the influence and reckless operation; his wife Laurie Schneider was also aboard.
- New Jersey State Police confirmed the channel marker lights in the Intercoastal Waterway were functioning properly at the time of the July 19 collision, eliminating equipment failure as a factor.
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A New Jersey man was intoxicated when his two grandkids fell off his boat and died last month after it slammed into a wood channel marker.NJ.com reports Stephen Schneider, 64, has been charged with two counts of reckless vessel homicide in the deaths of 9-year-old Mya Bella Golabek and 7-year-old Sigmund Paul Golabek.
Grandfather Charged In Fatal Boat Crash That Killed Two Kids
OCEAN COUNTY — A Berkeley Township man faces two counts of reckless vessel homicide after authorities alleged he was under the influence of alcohol when his boat struck a channel marker in Barnegat Bay, killing his two grandchildren. As first reported by NJ.com, Stephen Schneider, 64, was arrested Friday in connection with the July 19 […]
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