RedactedNarrative: On friday, 4/29/22 at approximately 1:00pm, the owner and operator of vessel 1 was operating his vessel in a southerly direction on fht icw just north of marker 141.
  
  Upon investigation, the property owner was contacted by a neighbor and told him that he witnessed a blue side console boat crash into dock and proceeded south on the icw after he made contact with the dock.
  
  Subject1 posted an ad on the "nextdoor" app asking for help from the public to locate the boat.  On 5/11/22, subject2 saw a heavily damaged vessel on the back of a flatbed tow truck at inlet point marina.  He then responded back to the ad with the pictures of the vessel.  It was at this point subject1 forwarded the information to the ncwrc to investigate the incident.  No vessel operator had contacted the wildlife commission to report the incident.  Upon getting the pictures of the vessel, officer started to investigate the incident.
  
  Upon investigation, officer interviewed several inlet watsh staff members, received a name of the owner, and was able to get a partial registration number to match it to the owner of the vessel.  Officer interviewed operator at his residence on 5/14/22.  After speaking with operator, it was determined that the following events took place.  Operator stated that he was the only person on the vessel, and after getting gasoline in wrightsville beach, he was traveling south on the icw going back to inlet watch marina.  Low tide at wrightsville beach on this day was at 1:33pm.  Operator stated that while he was traveling south on the icw, he took off his sunglasses and was "just in the moment", when he then hit the dock owner by subject1 directly across from icw marker 141.  
  
  Operator stated that he hit the dock going approximately 20 mph.  After impact, operator's head made impact with the boat and he was tossed to the deck of the vessel.  Operator saw the damage to his vessel and knew it was taking on water, so he called his wife to let her know where he was at in case the vessel sank.  Operator then drove his boat as fast as he could back to inlet watch marina.  Wife then took him to wilmington health for a checkup.  On 5/9/22, the vessel registration status was changed to:  destroyed/junked with the wildlife's data base.  
  
  Injuries:  head contusion and scrapes to both knees.  He was treated and released.
  
  Charges filed:  
  1.  Careless and reckless boating
  2.  Failure to report a boat incident
  3.  Failure to keep a proper lookout
  
  