RedactedNarrative: : On August 25th, 2022, at approximately 1911 hours, the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an overturned boat with three males in the water on the Androscoggin River in Topsham.  The caller, Witness 1, reported seeing three males in the water.  Two males were holding on to an overturned boat and the third was some distance away yelling that he was drowning.  Witness 1 was delayed in calling 911 because he had to hike back to his vehicle to retrieve his phone.  
  
  It was determined that the boat was occupied by three men, Operator, Passenger 1, and Passenger 2.  When a passerby, Witness 2, located the overturned boat at approximately 1849 hours only Operator and Passenger 2 were above water, and were clinging to the boat. 
  
  At this time Passenger 1 was no longer visible and the other two men were unsure of his whereabouts.  When Witness 2 was interviewed the following day, he determined that he launched his own boat at approximately 1824 hours.  Witness 2 stated that he had seen the boat with three men being operated erratically just after Witness 2 had launched.  Witness 2 stated that the other boat, was making repeated 90 degree turns, and he was apprehensive to go around the boat due to the erratic operation.  Witness 2 identified the boat that he observed operating erratically as the same one he located overturned a short time later. 
  
  Search efforts for Passenger 1 were started by area fire departments and members of the Maine Warden Service. 
  
  Operator was identified as the operator of the watercraft involved in the incident.  
  
  While speaking with Operator, I detected the odor of intoxicants coming from Operator’s face.  I read Operator his Miranda rights and then interviewed him regarding the incident.  Operator told me that Passenger 1 had stood up in the boat and that it had subsequently caused the back corner of the boat to take on water.  Operator told me that Passenger 1 and Passenger 2 had been drinking in the boat, while he had not consumed any alcohol since leaving his house.   I asked Operator to rate his level of impairment from 0-10 and Operator stated that he was a “2” and admitted to having two 12-ounce Shipyard brand beers at his residence prior to leaving for the river.  Operator also admitted to me that he felt the effects of the alcohol but characterized the effects as “not much”. 
  
  I transported Operator to the Lisbon Police Department.  I administered the Seated Battery of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and observed numerous clues of impairment.  An intoxilyzer test was administered to Operator at 2144 hours, which yielded a BRAC result of 0.13.
  I transported Operator back to the scene while crews continued to search for Passenger 1 late into the night. 
  
  The Maine Warden Service resumed search activities the following morning.  Passenger 1’s body was located at approximately 1142 hours near the bottom of the river by members of the Maine Warden Service Dive Team.
  
  While doing follow up I located surveillance footage from the following locations:
  
   -Lisbon EZ-Mart which is located at 1104 Lisbon Street in Lisbon.  Footage contains all three individuals involved in the incident.  Operator purchased a 6-pack of Heineken beer.  All three men left the store at 1634 hours and headed in the direction of the boat launch. 
  
  -The Rusty Lantern which is located at 689 Lisbon Street in Lisbon.  Operator arrived at the store at 1749 hours. Operator’s vehicle was hauling an empty boat trailer.  Operator exits the vehicle and appears to lose his balance and stagger after exiting his vehicle (17:49:30). Purchases cigarettes and 6-pack Heineken beer.
  
  -Security camera footage from the Sargent Electric Yard (1168 Lewiston Road, Topsham), which is located adjacent to the boat launch.  The one of the cameras captured Operator’s vehicle backing into the boat ramp at 1725 hours.
  
  On September 13th, I reinterviewed Passenger 2 at his residence.  Passenger 2 stated that could recall very little in the way of specific details relating to the incident.  Passenger 2 did state that Operator was operating the boat, he was sitting in the middle and Passenger 1 was sitting in the bow.  Passenger 2 maintained that Passenger 1 stood up to get worms and that caused him to fall out of the boat, then the boat overturned.