MILWAUKEE PD MARINE OFFICER OBSERVED A BOAT TRAVELING IN REVERSE & THEN DOCKING BACKWARDS AT THE MARINA LAUNCH BOAT RAMP. IT WAS THE SAME BOAT REPORTED EARLIER BY A THIRD PARTY, OF HAVING MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WHEN THE BOAT WAS NORTH OF THE MILWAUKEE HARBOR. WHEN THE BOAT OPERATOR WAS QUESTIONED AT THE BOAT RAMP, THE OFFICER OBSERVED SLURRED SPEECH & HIS EYES WERE BLOOD SHOT. OFFICER ALSO OBSERVED THE BOAT OPERATOR HAD TWO LACERATIONS ON HIS LOWER LEFT SIDE WHEN HE WAS PUTTING BOAT GEAR AWAY. BOAT OPERATOR WAS QUESTIONED FURTHER ABOUT THE INJURIES. OPERATOR STATED THAT HIS SHIFT CABLE BROKE, AND WHILE TRYING TO FIX IT, THE ENGINE COWLING FELL INTO THE WATER. HE ENTERED THE WATER TO RETREIVE IT & HIS BACK WAS HIT BY THE PROPELLER. SINCE THE BOAT OPERATOR COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, IT TOOK HIM FOUR HOURS IN REVERSE GEAR TO TRAVEL TO THE MARINA BOAT RAMP. THE OFFICER OBSERVED BLOOD ON THE OPERATOR CLOTHES, THE BOAT DECK, OPERATOR SEAT & PASSENGER SEAT. ONLY THE OPERATOR'S  6 YEAR OLD SON WAS ABOARD. THE BOAT OPERATOR WAS ARRESTED FOR BUI, THEN TAKEN TO MEDICAL FACILITY FOR TREATMENT OF THE LACERATIONS AND THEN TO THE PROCESSING CENTER.
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