“I ONLY HAD THREE BEERS”: TOXICOLOGY REPORT CONTRADICTS GRANDFATHER’S CLAIMS FOLLOWING TRAGIC BARNEGAT BAY BOAT CRASH

In the immediate aftermath of a horrifying boating accident that claimed the lives of two young siblings, sixty-four-year-old Stephen Schneider told investigators that he had consumed only three beers before taking the helm of his thirty-foot vessel. However, court documents and official case files tell a drastically different story. Subsequent chemical testing revealed that Schneider’s blood alcohol concentration was recorded at 0.16—exactly double the legal limit for operating a boat in the state of New Jersey.

Trapped between the grandfather’s insistence and the definitive toxicology figures are nine-year-old Mya Golabek and her seven-year-old brother, Sigmund, both of whom lost their lives when the vessel slammed directly into a channel marker on Barnegat Bay. Prosecutors emphasize that a reading of 0.16 requires significantly more alcohol consumption than the minimal amount Schneider initially claimed to authorities.

As formal charges mount against the sixty-four-year-old, key details surrounding the timeline and toxicology report continue to emerge, exposing critical inaccuracies in early news reporting. While the legal process moves forward to uncover the complete truth of what transpired on the water that evening, a heartbroken family is left mourning the irreplaceable loss of two young lives cut tragic and short.