RedactedNarrative: On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 I received a call about a boat incident that had occurred near Old Federal Park on Lake Lanier.  The victim had been transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Braselton.  I responded to the hospital to begin an investigation.  I arrived on scene and the hospital staff advised me that two teenagers had brought in the victim, dropped him off and left him in the emergency room with apparent propeller cuts to his legs. 
  
  They escorted me to the room and I began a conversation with him in the presence of his mother.  He showed obvious signs of alcohol intoxication and advised me that he had been consuming alcohol.  He said that he had been on his friend’s boat and that he had decided to do a back flip off of the boat as it was idling.  He stated that as he swam to the swim ladder, his legs got cut by the prop.  I asked him who had been driving the boat and he stated that Operator had been driving most of the day and that he was at the wheel when the incident took place.  I asked him to call Operator and allow me to speak with him.  I spoke with Operator and asked him to come back to the hospital so that I could speak with him.
  
  A short time later, operator arrived at the hospital.  I questioned him about the accident and he advised me that he had been driving.  He stated that he put the boat in neutral and both he and the victim did back flips off of the port side of the boat.  He stated that he swam to the ladder first and climbed back into the boat.  He said that he walked to the drivers compartment and began to manipulate the controls.  A short time later, he felt the boat start to run strangely and then the victim climbed onto the boat complaining about leg pain.
  
  During our conversation, I noticed obvious signs of alcohol impairment.  Operator had slightly slurred speech, watery, bloodshot eyes, and I smelled a moderate odor of alcoholic beverage about his breath.  I asked him how much he had to drink and he denied drinking.  He told me that it had been a couple of days since he had drank.  I asked him if he would submit to field sobriety exercises and he said, "Ok, That's fine."  I administered the following exercises and observed these results:
  
  1) HGN: I observed all six clues.
  2) Number Count: He recited slowly with thick slurred speech at times.
  3) Recitation of alphabet: He recited slowly with deep concentration.  On the second set he said, "D,F,G,J,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,S...
  4) Finger dexterity: He was unable to touch his finger tip to his thumb tip properly, touched out of sequence, and miscounted.  He counted as follows: 1,2,3,4,4,2,3,1,1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1,1,2,3,4,4,3,2,2,1
  5) Hand pat: He did not increase his speed, miscounted, completed with poor coordination, did not separate his hands.
  6) Alc0-sensor: He attempted to blow around the straw. He refused testing. 
  I placed him under arrest for BUI and read him the implied consent warnings for suspects under age twenty one.  He refused blood testing.  I transported him to the Hall County Detention Center. Once at the jail, he requested to take the blood test.  A nurse began to get the kit out to administer the test and he once again refused.  He was charged with operating a vessel under the influence.