The proprietor of the vessel Stimulus Cash, Richard Cruz, was sentenced to 18 months in jail late final week after pleading responsible for his position within the July 12, 2022 capsizing of the vessel whereas underway on the Hudson River that resulted within the demise of two passengers, a seven-year-old boy and 48-year-old girl.
Cruz was arrested in March 2024 together with the operator of the vessel, Jaime Pinilla Gomez, and charged with one depend of misconduct and neglect of a ship officer leading to demise, which carries a most sentence of ten years in jail.
