RedactedNarrative: On Monday, June 27, 2016 at approximant 5:45 pm I received a call from dispatch in reference to a boat sinking on the Flint River just south of Bainbridge.  Dispatch advised there were three people aboard the vessel and the sheriff’s department was launching a boat.  
  
  I then called Deputy and he advised me the subjects were safe and they were heading back to the Bainbridge Marina.  
  
  When I arrived at the Marina, Deputy was towing a Procraft boat behind the patrol vessel.  The operator of the vessel was identified.  
  
  Operator advised as they were taking off in the vessel when he heard a cracking noise in the back of the boat.  He stated he started to head back to the Boat Basin when the motor fell off and the boat started to sink.  I asked Operator if he hit anything with his vessel and he replied “No”.  When Operator loaded his boat on the trailer, the back transom of the vessel appeared to be rotten and the vessel motor was hanging on by the steering cable.  Operator gave a written statement on the incident.