RedactedNarrative: On Sunday April 29, 2018, at approximately 0700 hours, I was notified of a possible boating incident on Lake Seminole in Decatur County. The caller advised there was a vessel stuck in the saw grass near Jack Wingate’s boat landing. The complainant advised the boat had water in the bottom of it and he could see where someone had possibly waded through the grass into a yard on the nearby bank.
  
  Later that morning I made contact with the owner / operator of the vessel. Subject stated at approximately 2200 hours on the previous evening (April 28th), while operating his vessel en-route from Big Jim’s to Faceville Landing, he apparently strayed from the channel and struck a submerged stump. Subject estimated his speed to be between 20-25 mph at the time of impact. He then noticed his vessel was beginning to take on water so he intentionally ran the vessel aground in the saw grass to keep it from sinking. Subject and the two occupants of the vessel then waded through the saw grass to shore near Dogwood Drive.
  
  The bottom of the vessel sustained a hull puncture on the star board side near the transom measuring approximately 3-4” wide and 24” long. There were no reported injuries. The damages were photographed and written statements were obtained from Subject and the other two occupants of the vessel.
  