A swimming pool company president was charged Monday with second-degree manslaughter after a 6-year-old boy drowned last year because his arm was trapped by the suction of a powerful drain pump.

Shoreline Pools President David Lionetti was set free on a $25,000 bail. If convicted of the crime, he may receive a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

According to Greenwich Police, 53-year-old Lionetti, resident of Stamford, "recklessly caused the death" of Zachary Cohn by omitting to have his company place the right safety equipment in the pool built by the company for the boy's family. Police declared the presence of the safety devices would have prevented the boy's death.

According to a lawsuit filed by Brian and Karen Cohn, Zachary's parents, in the last 13 years, over 150 cases of swimming pool drain entrapments have been registered around the country. At least 48 of them resulted in deaths and many serious injuries, including disembowelment, suffered by children and adults.

As Richard Meehan Jr. says, Lionetti’s attorney, the accused plans to plead not guilty.

"To my knowledge this is the first time an executive from a pool company has been prosecuted for homicide for claimed code violations in the installation of a pool," said Meehan, as quoted by the Associated Press.

When asked whether he expected anyone else to be incriminated Prosecutor David Cohen said, "Not at this point."

Police reports indicate that Zachary Cohn drowned after his arm got stuck in an intake valve in the deep end of the family's in-ground pool on July 26, 2007. Water entering the intake valve is pumped through filters before being returned to the pool.