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Grandfather of toddler who died in fall from cruise ship sentenced to 3 years probation
Chloe Wiegand SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The grandfather of an Indiana toddler who fell to her death from the 11th story of a cruise ship after he held her up on a railing was sentenced to three years of probation Monday, according to Puerto Rico’s Department of Justice. Salvatore "Sam" Anello of Valparaiso, Indiana, said last year that he would drop a not-guilty plea to help end what he called "this nightmare" for his family. Eighteen-month-old Chloe Wiegand slipped from his grasp and fell about 150 feet from an open window of Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Freedom of the Seas ship in July 2019.Wiegand’s death occurred at the Panamerican dock in the capital of San Juan.RELATED: Toddler died in fall from cruise ship after grandfather thought window