U.S Father charged with abuse for treatment of son on harbor cruise

Father charged with abuse for treatment of son on harbor cruise

 Sloan Steven Briles, 35, of Irvine, California, is also accused of being under the influence of alcohol on August 28 when he tossed his son into the path of boat traffic in Newport Beach Harbor, said Susan Kang Schroeder, chief of staff for the prosecutor's office.

Briles, who is free on $100,000 bail, is scheduled to be arraigned September 26 in Newport Beach, the prosecutor's office said.

If convicted of both charges, he faces a maximum sentence of six years in prison, authorities said.

Briles recently told a Los Angeles TV news station that he did nothing wrong.

Briles told CNN affiliate KTLA, "We were having fun, it was a harbor cruise!"