****** throws *** off sightseeing cruise boat
A Southern California man was arrested after authorities say he threw his ****** 7-year-old *** off a sightseeing cruise boat during an argument that shocked passengers on the boat.
Sloan Briles, 35, was arrested Sunday for investigation of ***** endangerment and resisting arrest, Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Amormino said Briles, his girlfriend and two sons from a previous marriage went on an afternoon cruise around Newport Harbor on a boat carrying 85 people. Briles argued with the girlfriend and then with his 7-year-old *** before throwing the boy over, said Amormino, adding that the ***** was not an expert swimmer.
"The ****** hit him several times and then threatened to throw him overboard if he didn't stop ******," Amormino said. "The crowd on the boat became very angry at the ****** for hitting the *** and extremely angry when he threw him overboard."
The boy was rescued by another boater, and the ****** also jumped in to save him. The boy and his ******* were returned to their ******'s care.
Briles was released Monday. He couldn't be immediately reached at a number listed for him in Irvine.
