ON MONDAY MAY 25, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:45PM VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC.  THE OPERATOR AND 4 PASSENGERS WERE RETURNING TO MARINA FROM A DAY OF DRINKING AND PARTYING AT MASONBOR INLET/ISLAND.  OPERATOR TURNED VESSEL #1 RIGHT INTO MOTTS CHANNEL THEN WENT PAST THE DOCK WHERE HE HAD PLANNED ON DOCKING THE VESSEL.  AFTER REALIZING HE HAD PASED THE CHANNEL THEN WENT PAST THE DOCK WHERE HE HAD PLANNED ON DOCKING THE VESSEL.  AFTER REALIZING HE HAD PASSED THE DOCK HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VESSEL AROUND.  AT THIS POINT HE HAD TROUBLE TURNING VESSEL #1 AROUND AND THE PORT SIDE OF HIS VESSEL STRUCK THE BOW AND STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL #2 WHICH WAS DOCKED AT MARINE MAX MARINA.  THE RAILING AND CABLE ON THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL #1 BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ANCHOR OF VESSEL #2 BENDING THE ANCHOR SHOOT AND ALSO GOUGING THE GELCOAT ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL #2.  AFTER BREAKING FREE FROM VESSEL #2 OPERATOR MANAGED TO DOCK VESSEL #1 WITH THE HELP OF TWO MALE PASSENGERS, ONE  OF WHICH HAD TO JUMP IN THE WATER AND SWIM TO THE DOCK.

A WITNESS HAD OBSERVED THE SUBJECTS ATTEMPT TO LEAVE MASONBORO ISLAND EARLIER WITH THE ANCHOR STILL OUT AND CALLED 911.  UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AND NC WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE NOTIFIED AND WHERE RESPONDING WITH TWO VESSELS WHEN THE SUBJECTS ABOARD VESSEL @1 WERE TYING  UP TO THE DOCK.  THE SUBJECTS HEARD THE SIREN OF THE COAST GUARD VESSEL AND BEGAN TO RUN WHEN THEY REACHED THE DOCK.  WHEN THE COAST GUARD OFFICERS AND WILLIFE OFFICERS ARRIVED AND RAN ON FOOT ALL PASSENGERS EXCEPT THE OPERATOR STOPPED.  THE OFFICERS CHASED THE OPERATOR ON FOOT AND FOUND THE SUBJECT HIDING UNDER SOME CLOTHES INSIDE A NEARBY STORE.  OPERATOR WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND CHARGED WITH RESISTING, OBSTRUCING, AND DELAYING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND OPERATING A VESSEL WHILE IMPAIRED.  OPERATOR'S REPORTED BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION WAS .09.
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