Sloan Steven Briles , 35 , of Irvine , California , is charged with felony child abuse . Boy , 7 , ended up in the water , in the path of oncoming boats . He was pulled from the river by his mother and taken to a hospital for treatment. Briles also disputed the sheriff 's and witnesses ' account of the event and said it was just a joke . Briles has said he 's doing nothing wrong and `` we were having fun ''
Sloan Steven Briles , 35 , of Irvine , California , is charged with felony child abuse . Boy , 7 , ended up in the water , in the path of oncoming boats . He was pulled from the river by his mother and taken to a hospital for treatment. Briles has said he 's doing nothing wrong and `` we were having fun ''