RedactedNarrative: Owner #1 stated: I towed my vessel out of the inlet to meet some I was talking to on Facebook who was going to tow it away. I decided to leave it on anchor a couple miles from the inlet. because the wind kicked up in an uncomfortable direction to get back into the inlet. On the way back in I noticed that he has disappeared from Facebook as I have been blocked from seeing his account. And I expected him to pick the boat up but did not show.
  
  I received many calls and such from the NJ state police and USCG informing me that it had sunk and moved over a mile from where it was anchored to within 200ft of the cape may Beach. I saw the photos that the USCG posted on Facebook. The entire bridge looks to be missing. No helm no radar tower just a flat hardtop. looking like it got stripped down for parts. And I was scammed in my opinion by the picture. 
  
  Explains why it's not in the same spot I left it at anchor that has never failed that boat.
  
  Investigation at the scene revealed: Vessel #1 was moored south of the Cape May Inlet, Cape May City, Cape May County. Vessel #1 took on water and sunk. It should be noted that no one was on the vessel at the time. Contact was made with the owner, who stated that he towed the vessel to the area and moored the vessel in the area the prior night. He advised that he did not have the means to remove the sunken vessel and had no plans to remove the sunken vessel. I then issued two summons to him, one for Abandoned Vessel 12:7C-9 and one for Failure to Register 12:7-34.38.
  
  It should be noted that there was no oil or fuel on the vessel at the time it sunk. Furthermore, no oil or fuel was observed leaking from the sunken vessel at the time of the investigation.
  
  