On friday june 18, 2010 at approximately 14:45 tennessee wildlife resources agency officer received a call from an employee at hickory star marina stating a vessel had just been towed in with damage from a collision with something on the water.  The caller also stated the three male occupants on the vessel appeared to be highly intoxicated.  Officer arrived at hickory star marina at approximately 15:15 and found the vessel, bearing tennessee registration 5318 ce, near the boat ramp.  One white male was still sitting in the vessel, and a second white male was standing on shore behind the vessel.  When asked who owned the vessel  the subject indicated the operator did.  Subject stated the owner had gone to get his trailer to remove the vessel from the water.  Officer asked who was operating the vessel at the time of the accident and both subject and subject2 stated Operator was the operator.  The yellow and white 1997 four winn came back registered to operator.  Officer noticed a white male walking towards the vessel and subject stated that he was the owner.  Officer asked Operator if he was the operator of the vessel at the time of the accident and he stated he was.  Operator had an odor of alcoholic beverage about his person, glassy eyes, and did not know where the accident had happened on the lake.  Operator seemed confused, but stated they had went to bubba brews and was on the way back to his lake house when they hit a log causing damage to his vessel.  The lower unit of the vessel had been completely sheered off and some chips in the fiberglass was documented near the stern of the vessel. Officer found no evidence to confirm nor deny the vessel had struck a log.
MAYNARDVILLE                  