RedactedNarrative: On December 29, 2021, I Officer with the Maryland Natural Resources Police was on routine patrol in Calvert County Maryland when I received a call from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police Communications Center at approximately 6:15 PM for an overdue boater that had not yet returned to his home. When I made contact with Caller she stated that she had not heard from Victim who told her that he was going fishing at approximately 1:00 PM but did not give an expected time of return. Caller said she texted him multiple times and tried to call him as well but he had not answered her since approximately 3:00 PM. Caller advised me that she could see where Victim's phone was located using her cell phone. She said that it was located off of Plum Point in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. A ping was requested through the phone carrier Verizon to which they stated the phone was turned off and they could only see that the last tower it connected to was located off Tobacco Road in Chesapeake Beach Maryland. Verizon also stated that their system was down as well. Caller stated that Victim was on a gray and white in color 2020 Open 252 Sportman 25ft 02in length displaying Maryland registration MD 5172 BR.
  
  With the information that was given, I responded to the Solomons Duty station and boarded NRP 146, and began to head in the direction of Plum Point. When I arrived in the area at approximately 8:00 PM I was notified that Calvert County Sheriff's Office had located the vessel with no one aboard. 
  
  When I arrived on the scene with the deputies they had secured the vessel they located that matched the description given by Caller. The deputies informed me that when they located the vessel it was still in gear and was doing circles towing only one planer board used for fishing, off the starboard side of the vessel. They were able to take the vessel out of gear and secure it. They also informed me that they did their best to leave the vessel the way it was when they located it and the only things they moved was the planer board that was being towed and placed the throttle in the neutral position to stop it.
  
  When I first observed the vessel all the electronics were still on and working properly. The Garmin navigation system showed a trail of tracks on the digital screen to show where the vessel had traveled prior to its location. Also observed on the vessel were multiple fishing rods baited with swimbaits placed in the rod holders on the vessel and one fishing rod laying on the floor in the bow of the vessel. The planer board that the deputies had retrieved from the water was placed in the bow of the boat. A cell phone was laying on the top of the center console plugged into a charger in the console's outlet. There was an opened alcoholic beverage in the cup holder of the console as well as 8 empty alcoholic beverage containers in a clear lid compartment in the stern of the vessel. The red cut of the switch lanyard was draped over the steering wheel with a red strip of fabric tied to the end of the lanyard. The lanyard was still connected to the ignition of the vessel. 
  
  I took pictures and documented the findings of the vessel in the state of which I first observed it and took custody of the vessel from the Calvert County Deputies. I then towed the vessel to Fishing Creek in Chesapeake Beach where it was loaded onto a trailer and transported to the Matapeake Facility in Stevensville Maryland.
  
  All events occurred in Calvert and Saint Mary's County Maryland.
  