In July 2022, two men, Richard Cruz and Jaime Pinilla Gomez, were charged for the deaths of a woman and a child after their overloaded boat capsized in the Hudson River off Manhattan.

Two men, Richard Cruz, 32, and Jaime Pinilla Gomez, 25, have been charged over the deaths of a woman and a child who were killed when their boat capsized in the Hudson River off Manhattan in July 2022. The overloaded vessel flipped near Pier 86, trapping Lindelia Vasquez, 48, and her 7-year-old nephew, Julian, under the water. Cruz and Gomez are accused of neglecting their duties and causing the deaths.