ON SUNDAY MAY 30, 2010, I OFFICER RECEIVED A CALL AT MY RESIDENCE FROM THE RALEIGH DISPATCH OFFICE AROUND 10:30PM.  I WAS DISPATCHED NEAR MAYO LAKE WHERE THEY SAID A BOAT ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED.  DISPATCH ALSO REPORTED ONE WOMAN WAS POSSIBLY KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.  IN ADDITION, THEY REPORTED IT WAS A HIT AND RUN AND THE SUSPECT'S BOAT WAS POSSIBLY STILL ON THE LAKE.  I CALLED UP SEARGENT AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD ASSIST ME IN THIS MATTER.  

I ARRIVED AROUND 11:15PM AND SPOKE WITH BYSTANDERS WHO GAVE ME A DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL THAT THEY SAW FLEE THE SCENE.  HE DESCRIBED IT AS A WHITE AND BLUE SKI BOAT WITH POSSIBLY 3 PEOPLE ON BOARD AND A WHITE MALE OPERATING THE VESSEL.  I MET SGT AT THE MAYO PUBLIC ACCESS AREA WHERE WE PUT MY PATROL BOAT ON THE LAKE AND BEGAN SEARCHING FOR THE SKI BOAT ALSO KNOWN AS VESSEL 2 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT.  AFTER SEARCHING FOR OVER AN HOUR AND NOT FINDING ANYTHING MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION, THE PERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOLD US THAT THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 HAD TURNED HIMSELF IN AND WAS AT THE PERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.  

SGT AND I WENT TO THE PERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHERE WE INTERVIEWED THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2.  OPERATOR2 WAS ADVISED OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS ON 5/31/10 AT 1:37AM BY THE PERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BEFORE MYSELF AND SGT ARRIVED THERE.  HE ALSO SIGNED A MIRANDA RIGHTS WAIVER FORM PROVIDED BY THE PERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.  SGT ALSO ADVISED HIM OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS AT 2:09AM IN MY PRESENCE.  OPERATOR2 REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN ON THE LAKE SINCE THAT AFTERNOON AND HE AND THE PASSENGERS ON HIS BOAT WERE ALL HANGING OUT ON SHORE NEAR THE MAYO POWERPLANT ON A SANDY AREA.  THEY WERE ALSO HANGING OUT THAT DAY WITH operator1 AND THE OTHER OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL 1.  

OPERATOR1 LATER REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN CONSUMING ALCOHOLTHAT DAY AS WELL.  IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A THIRD VESSEL WITH PASSENGERS THAT THEY WERE HANGING OUT WITH, BUT THAT VESSEL WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT AND WAS NOT IN THE AREA WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  OPERATOR2 REPORTED THAT THE GROUP DECIDED TO LEAVE THE SHORE AND GO TO a HOUSE, WHICH IS ON MAYO LAKE.  OPERATOR2 REPORTED THERE WERE 6 PEOPLE ON BOARD HIS VESSEL (VESSEL 2) INCLUDING HIMSELF.  

OPERATOR2 LEFT THE SHORE FIRST OPERATING VESSEL 2.  OPERATOR1 LEFT SHORTLY THEREAFTER OPERATING VESSEL 1.  THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE TOTAL ON VESSEL 1 INCLUDING OPERATOR1.   ACCORDING TO OPERATOR1, OPERATOR2 STOPPED HIS BOAT TO TALK TO THE OCCUPANTS OF A DIFFERENT VESSEL ON HIS WAY TO the HOUSE.  OPERATOR1 REPORTED HE ACTUALLY DROVE VESSEL 1 PAST VESSEL 2 AND CONTINUED SOUTH.  THEY GOT ABOUT 1000 YARDS NORTH OF THE HWY 49 BRIDGE AND DECIDED THEY WOULD WAIT ON OPERATOR2 AND VESSEL 2.  OPERATOR1 DECREASED THE THROTTLE SO THE VESSEL WOULD ONLY BE DRIFTING.  OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL 1 LATER REPORTED THEY HAD MUSIC PLAYING LOUDLY ON THE BOAT AND THEY NEVER HEARD VESSEL 2 COMING IN THEIR DIRECTION.  OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL 1 SAID THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A LOUD "BOOM" WHEN THEIR VESSEL WAS STRUCK BY VESSEL 2.  OPERATOR1 REPORTED THEY HAD BEEN AT THAT SPOT FOR ABOUT 5 TO 10 MINUTES WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED.  witness TOLD ME THEY WERE SITTING ON THE PORCH OF THEIR RESIDENCE WHEN THEY HEARD THE LOUD "BOOM".  VESSEL 2 STRUCK VESSEL 1 FROM BEHIND AT THE RIGHT REAR CORNER OF VESSEL 1.  SEE REPORT FOR CONTINUATION OF NARRATIVE...
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