A man who authorities say jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship near the Port of San Juan to avoid paying a $16,000 in gambling debt to the cruise line has been charged with a federal crime, authorities say.
Jey Gonzalez-Diaz was a passenger on Rhapsody of the Seas, which departed from the Port of San Juan for a week-long cruise to Barbados before returning September 7.
When other passengers were…