On Sunday, 26 May 2013 at approximately 22:04, Clay County 911 received a call from subject stating that a boat had just ran into their houseboat on Dale Hollow Lake and that the driver of the boat appeared to be intoxicated. Sergeant was dispatched to be in route to the scene. Hearing Sargeant being dispatched I advised Officer to meet up with me at Horse Creek Marina and we would be in route to the scene as well. At approximately 22:49 Sargeant arrived to find Operator2 inside his boat acting very nervous and appearing to hide things. Sargeant secured the scene and had Operator2 sit on the bow of his vessel. Myself and Officer arrived on the scene a short time later and Sargeant briefed us on what happened and advised me to talk with the Operator2 who appeared impaired. I took Operator2 off of his vessel and placed him in my vessel to talk with him about the incident and have him perform a series of field sobriety tests. 

Operator2 could not perform the test properly and was placed under arrest for Boating Under the Influence. Officer and I transported Operator2 to Cedar Hill Marina where Clay County Deputy met us to transport him to the Clay County Jail. We then returned to the scene of the boat collision to begin gathering evidence. While we were transporting Operator2, Sargeant could see a bag of what appeared to be a green leafy substance consistent with marijuana in plain view on the floor of Operator2''s vessel. During a survey of the scene officers also found rolling papers and a pair of hemostats that Operator2 admitted to throwing in the water. 

Operator2 stated that he remembered the engine missing and while the boat was still on plane went to the engine compartment to look inside when his vessel collided with the houseboat. However there were things on top of the engine compartment that would have kept him from looking inside. Operator2 later stated that he didn''t really remember what he was doing at the time of impact and that his impairment level may had contributed to why he didn''t remember. the only occupant on the vessel when it was impacted was asleep in a bed on the port side of the houseboat which is also the same side that was impacted. Witnesses who were in the houseboat moored next to the impacted houseboat stated they heard a boat getting louder and louder. Within seconds they heard a loud noise and felt the impact of the vessel impacting the houseboat next to them. The witnesses went to check on occupant who was not injured. They confronted the operator and only occupant on the vessel who impacted them and believed that he was acting impaired. Witnesses went and took the keys out of Operator2''s boat fearing he was going to try and leave. During the period of time they waited on officers to arrive they observed Operator2 throwing several things in the water.
Operator2''s vessel impacted the houseboat on the port side causing major damage to the steel hull of the houseboat. An anchor was sticking off the front of the bow of Operator2''s vessel which went completly inside the port side walls of the houseboat. 

This incident is still under investigation and other charges are currently pending upon the advice of the Office of the Attorney General. This incident occured in Clay County, TN.
CELINA