The Adirondack Almanack first reported that Rory Fay, who’s 37 years old, pleaded guilty to criminal negligent homicide and two other charges on Monday.

The charges stem from the drowning of Tamara Blake, a 53-year-old client who washed overboard from a raft in the fall on a stretch of the Indian River in the southern Adirondacks.

Her body floated downstream and was later found in a stretch of the upper Hudson.

According to the Almanack, Fay reached a deal with Hamilton County district attorney Marsha Purdue.

Fay also admitted to driving his clients in a van without a license while under the influence of alcohol.

Fay has been in jail since late September and is scheduled to be formally sentenced in January. He’s expected to serve roughly twelve months behind bars, while also giving up his guiding license.

Fay's employer Pat Cunningham, the owner of the Hudson River Rafting Company, still faces misdemeanor charges in the incident. Source: HRRC

So far, state officials have allowed company owner Pat Cunningham to keep his license to operate.

But according to the Associated Press, Cunningham still faces misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges for improperly guiding tourists.

The controversy surrounding the Hudson River Rafting Company has given a black eye to a tourism industry that attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the North Country each year.