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NJ grandfather charged after intoxicated boat crash kills two grandchildren

The charges allege he was “impaired by alcohol.”

Published Aug 15, 2026, 6:53 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive

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.