RedactedNarrative: On 7/28/15 at approximately 19:15 Sgt. received a call from Georgia State Patrol regarding a boating incident on Lake Oconee. Sgt. made contact with the owner of Oconee Wild Watersports who gave him the contact information for Operator1 who rented a PWC and pontoon boat that were damaged in a boating incident. Operator1 contacted Sgt. later that evening and spoke with him in reference to the incident.
  
   Operator1 stated to me that on 7/28/15 at approximately 16:40 on Lake Oconee just north of the Highway 44 bridge, he was in operation of a personal watercraft rented from Oconee Wild Watersports when he attempted to “splash” his friends and family that were on a pontoon boat that he had also rented from the same location. As he approached the front of pontoon boat at speed, Operator1 reported to me that he turned the handlebars of the PWC left, away from the pontoon boat while forgetting to throttle the engine. This caused the PWC to strike the pontoon boat on the front of the starboard pontoon causing damage to both vessels. Operator1 said that he jumped off the PWC just before the collision and was not injured. 
  
  Upon investigation, the damage to both vessels was consistent with Operator1’s account.  Operator1 was charged with operating a PWC within 100’ of an object above idle speed. Both vessels involved are owned by Oconee Wild Watersports. subject stated that the vessels were not insured.
   