The operator of a 1967 Bertram open motorboat involved in a September 2021 bay boating accident off Long Beach Township in which all six individuals aboard sustained “serious bodily injury” has been charged with five counts of assault by vessel, reckless operation, boating under the influence, and failure to wear lanyard cut-off switch.

Brian R. Farias, 42 at the time of the accident, of Long Beach Township, was formally charged on Nov.