🚨 STEPHEN SCHNEIDER CASE: DEFENSE QUESTIONS WHETHER THE CHANNEL MARKER WAS PROPERLY LIGHTED
New details from Stephen Schneider’s release hearing are putting the condition of the Barnegat Bay channel marker under renewed scrutiny.
Schneider’s defense told the court that experts are being brought in to examine whether the marker was illuminated at the time of the July 19 crash. The question could become an important part of the defense’s argument about the circumstances surrounding the collision.
seated toward the front of the boat when it struck the marker. Schneider reportedly told investigators he was traveling around 20 mph and saw the marker only at the last moment.
However, there is an important conflict in the available reporting: police and local officials previously said the marker’s lights were functioning properly that night.
That means the defense’s claim that the marker may have been unlit remains an issue to be investigated, rather than an established fact. Schneider is facing charges related to the crash, while the court process continues.
👉 Source: ABC11 — Grandfather released after Barnegat Bay boat crash
