RedactedNarrative: On August 8, 2018 at 1906 hours, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Officer and I were dispatched to a possible hit and run boating accident in the vicinity of Sunset Harbor Marina. 
  Upon arriving to Sunset Harbor Marina, we made contact with a Formula 45 vessel by the name of "Blessed" (later to be known as "Alibi" USCG documentation DO1252931). Vessel "Blessed"/"Alibi" (V2) was stationary and secured to the dock at Sunset Harbor Marina. There was evident damage to the hydraulic stern platform of V2. The hydraulic function still worked, but the platform itself was noticeably not level, and when the platform was at the fully stowed/up position, there was an unnatural and uneven gap between the stern transom and the stern platform. On the port side of the stern platform, there was evident damage to the rub rail near the waterline, where the rub rail had become dislodged from its fastening points.
  
  V2 was carrying a Personal Water Craft (PWC) at the time of the boating accident (V3). V3 is identified as FL 8612 RK, a 2017 BRP inc. SeaDoo watercraft. V3 was found to have evident damage on the port quarter, both above and below the rub rail. The damage can be described as cracking of the rigid plastic top cap and hull, and a large hole below the water line into the bilge area and engine bay.
  
  V2 Owner/Operator provided me with a sworn written statement. Operator 2 stated that he was operating V2 northbound in the Intra Coastal Waterway (ICW), at approximately 500 yards north of the Venetian Causeway West Bridge, proximal to the ICW channel marker "44". Operator 2 stated that he observed a center console (V1) with an adult male operator, an adult female occupant, and a juvenile female occupant traveling southbound at "28 mph". Operator 2 observed V1 operating erratically, swerving left and right, striking the channel marker "44" on V1 starboard side. After this initial collision, V1 was then observed to make a change of direction of 90 degrees, strike V2 on the port side stern platform, ramp up over the platform, and strike V3. V1 struck V3 and displaced V3 from V2 stern platform and into the water. Operator 2 stated that V3 immediately began to sink after the collision. Operator 2 stated that he believed the operator of V1's view may have been blocked by V1's passengers sitting on the bow. 
  
  V2 occupant (FL DL L600 550 72 006 0) also provided a Sworn Written Statement. He stated that V2 was headed northbound from the Venetian Causeway at slow speed, when a vessel traveling southbound at "25-30 mph" was driving erratically, strike the channel marker, strike the stern of V2, "break the swim platform", and hitting the "jet ski". Subject described the occupants of V1 as, "3 people on their boat, driver an 2 females sitting on the bow with leg over". He stated that he jumped into the water to attempt to salvage V3 before it sank. Operator 2 provided me with a photograph taken immediately after the incident, identifying V1 as FL 6209 GB. V1 had evident collision damage and material transfer of the same color and dimensions of the pilon of the ICW channel marker "44". Operator 2 also provided me with a contact number for the operator of V1.
  
  We made contact with Operator 1 over the phone. He admitted that he was involved in a boating accident, and agreed to return to the scene. He stated that he left Shucker's Restaurant after ordering "no drinks with alcohol". He stated that he felt bullied by the big boat (V2) and continued to "guide" V1 past V2. He stated that the wake from V2 pushed V1 into the channel marker. He stated that the collision with the channel marker "jack knifed" V1 and caused him to strike the stern platform of V2, and V3 "fell off" and began to sink. He stated that leading up to the incident, he did not want to leave the channel because he was concerned about t