RedactedNarrative: On 10/05/2020 at approximately 18:00, i received a call from raleigh dispatch about a possible boat accident.  I contacted chatham county dispatch to verify the information. 
  
  At approximately 19:15 i arrived on scene at poe''s ridge boat ramp.  The first person i spoke to was a witness.  She stated that she did not see the accident but heard operator scream and call for help immediately after the accident. She then saw him attempting to reach for the victim.  Witness did not provide any further information about how the accident happened or what caused the accident.  
  
  The operator of vessel 1 was the next person i spoke to.  Operator stated that he and the victim had come to the lake at approximately 15:00 to break in the new 25 horsepower tohatsu motor on operator''s 2020 16-foot alweld boat.  
  
  Operator stated that the air temperature was approximately 70 degrees, the water temperature was about 72 degrees, the wind and the water were calm, and the visibility was clear.  Operator also stated that he has over 100 hours of boating experience and that his boat is equipped with all required safety equipment. 
  
  Operator stated that at approximately 17:40 he drove his boat into the no wake zone at poe''s ridge boat ramp, shifted the motor into neutral and then cut the motor off.  Operator stated that at this time victim stood up from the floor of the boat and stepped up onto the bow and picked up the dock line.  According to operator at this time victim lost his balance and fell off the bow of the boat into the water.  Operator stated that he threw victim a pfd, reached into the water, and dove across the front of the boat to attempt to grab victim but was unsuccessful.  Operator stated that victim went under and did not resurface. He immediately called 911 and dropped a marker on the area where he last saw his friend. 
  
  Operator stated that he and victim had been drinking bud light beer and vodka all day. He stated that before the accident he drove the boat to ebenezer beach where victim attempted to get out of the boat to go ashore.  When he tried to disembark, he fell off the boat into the shallow water at the beach.  Operator described victim as “very intoxicated”. 
  
   while speaking to operator, i could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath. His eyes were glassy, he swayed back and forth, and he was unsteady on his feet.  I asked operator how much he had to drink; he stated, “2 beers”.  I asked operator to do sfst''s.  The first test i administered was hgn; 6 clues were present during this test.  Next, i asked operator to do the walk and turn test.  Operator was unable to get into the instruction position and said he could not perform this test.  He also stated that he could not do the one leg stand test.  I asked operator to have a seat on the bumper of a fire truck that we were standing next to and he did as i instructed.  I begin to explain the seated battery of test and he tld me that he did not understand what i was saying and was not going to do any more test.  I ask operator to submit a breath sample on my pbt, he did, and the result was positive for alcohol.  I placed operator under arrest for boating while impaired.  At the intox, operator gave 2 breath samples with a bac of .17.  I also applied for and received a search warrant for operator''s blood.  Ems met operator and i at the dentition center and conducted the blood draw.  After the blood draw i took operator before magistrate and he was released.
  