RedactedNarrative: On 5-28-16 Officer1 responded to the Sakonnet River in the vicinity of 77 Pt. View Drive in Tiverton for a report of an overturned kayak.  When Officer1 arrive on scene a witness advised that her husband, Witness1, spotted a person in the water approximately 400 yards west of Fogland Pt.  Witness1 called 911, grabbed his life jacket, and responded to the person in distress using a paddle board. Tiverton and Portsmouth Marine rescue arrive on scene at 12:37 and retrieved the subject and Witness1.  They were then brought to Fogland Pt. boat ramp where they were met by rescue.  The person in the water identified as Subject1, was transported to RI Hospital for mild hypothermia.  
  
  Officer1 spoke with Witness1 who stated that there were several boats in the area at the time of the incident and that one vessel; a 24-26ft. blue power boat stopped and picked up the drifting kayak, placed it in their boat, and continued to transit south. 
   
  On 5-30-16 Officer1 contacted Subject1 who said that he went kayaking at approximately 12:00 noon and paddled out towards the middle of the river.  He was not wearing a PFD.  When he started to head back to shore he had difficulty with the current and wind.  The kayak started taking on water and then began to swamp.  Subject1 exited the kayak in an attempt to swim back to shore with the kayak in tow.  He then release the kayak as it became too difficult for him to swim.  The kayak then drifted off.  Subject1 said that a neighbor had taken pictures of the powerboat with someone taking his kayak from the water.
  