A man was arrested and charged with a federal crime last weekend after allegedly leaping off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship near Puerto Rico to avoid paying off more than $16,000 in gambling debt to the cruise line.
Jey Gonzalez-Diaz jumped into the water near the Port of Suan Juan at around 9:15 a.m. on Sunday after the ship’s return voyage from Barbados.
According to a criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Gonzalez-Diaz fled the ship during a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspection.
Video surveillance captured the moment he was rescued and brought to shore by someone who was passing by on a jet ski, according to authorities.
The cruise ship, the Rhapsody of the Seas, had departed…