RedactedNarrative: SYNOPSIS:  
  On Sept 26, 2019 on Lake Louise, Butler Chain of Lakes, Windermere, Florida, an unidentified PWC and operator crashed the PWC into a wake zone marker, approximate 25' post, breaking it below in the ground.  The PWC occupants were thrown off, swimming the PWC in towards the ramp.  A witness boat came alongside and assisted them towing the PWC into Keene's Point Boat Ramp.  The damage estimate received to the sign post was $3800.00.  The PWC operator failed to report the accident to authorities or FWC.  The identities of the Sea Doo PWC and operator is still pending.
  
  INVESTIGATION SUMMARY:
  On Monday, September 30, 2019, I (FWC Officer) was on water patrol on the Butler Chain of Lakes, a Butler Patrol job in an FWC extra duty, in Windermere, Orange County, FL.  I observed a broken wake zone post leaning on Lake Louise at the south end at the Lake Isleworth Canal entrance.  There were splintered pieces of wood and torn reflective tape near the water's level indicative of a boat strike on this wake zone post.  
  
  On same date, September 30, 2019, two Orange County Environmental Protection Department (EPD) staff members on lake survey work found and photographed the leaning post and damage.  They reported it into the EPD.  EPD represents the victim of the damaged public property.
  
  On October 1& 2, 2019, Orange County EPD staff worked to photo and remove the broken post and signage.  
  
   The post was approximate original length at 25' and a round light pole type treated wood.   The post was observed to be broken/splintered about where it would be 3' down below the ground level area on the post where it was set.  EPD personnel supplied me photos from this date.
  
    I later received an estimate of the damaged post and signage as $3,800.00.
  
  On October 5, 2019, I contacted a boater for a boating safety check.  I knew him from past contact.  During our conversation I learned he and another person on 9/26/19 was a witness to the post part of the boat accident.  
  
  He stated the following:  The two swimmers pulling the PWC were Hispanic males in their early 20's wearing PFD's.  One occupant had abrasion marks on his arm, but, they both told him they were not injured.  
  
  They asked if he could pull the PWC in to the ramp.  The PWC was a Sea Doo, black bottom hull with dark green / white marking top half.  The PWC had a big hole and busted out damage to the front bow area, noticed when he went to rope the bow hook and it (bow hook) wasn't there.  He stated the PWC was a newer PWC with the company bombardier emblem on it.  He stated the passenger occupant to the PWC indicated he saw the pending strike and jumped clear off the PWC before it struck, avoiding injury.  Flemm indicated the PWC most likely was totaled based on the front half destruction.  He also had the impression the PWC may hav