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Coast Guard searching for man

The Coast Guard is searching for a Ridgewood man who went overboard Thursday in the Rockway Inlet, it has been reported.

Stanislaw Nawrocki, 57, fell off the boat he and another man had gone out on, Newsday reported. The man with him, Janusz Sowa, 54, looked for Nawrocki for more than an hour before heading to a Marina in Oceanside to report the man missing.

Newsday also reported that Sowa is now facing a charge of boating while intoxicated.

Along with the Coast Guard, Nassau County police and the NYPD took part in an unsuccessful Thursday evening search.