RedactedNarrative: On April 3rd, 2019 I was notified about a half sunken vessel at the mouth of the Kissimmee River. Upon arriving on scene of the half-sunk vessel I realized that no one was on board. I located the registration numbers and had dispatch run them and see who it came back to. I tried to notify the registered owner with no luck. 
  
  The next day a fellow officer notified me that a man was the one operating the vessel and he had borrowed it from the the owner.  I contacted Operator through his cell phone that he left.  He told me he noticed the vessel had some water in it when he launched. Once afloat in the marina he tried to use the bilge pumps on board the vessel, but they did not work. He left the marina to go fishing. When he tried to get up on plane he noticed his bow go up higher than normal and saw some more water come over the transom. He turned the vessel back towards the marina and took a wave over the transom again and at this point he tried to bail water out with a five-gallon bucket till he got tired. He beached the vessel as close to land as he could and got a ride back to the marina from a passing pontoon.
  