RedactedNarrative: ON APRIL 17 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:00 HOURS, OPERATOR WAS OPERATING HIS 35-FOOT CHRIS CRAFT IN A BOAT SLIP AT THE BOAT RACK MARINA IN SHERRILL''S FORD NC. WHILE THE VESSEL WAS STILL TIED OFF AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS TO THE DOCK OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO PULL HIS BOAT OUT OF THE SLIP. AFTER THE BOAT FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD HE INCREASED THE THROTTLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO TWO LARGE METAL CLEATS BOLTED TO THE WOODEN PORTION OF THE DOCK. IT ALSO PULLED OUT A METAL SUPPORT BEAM THAT SUPPORTED THE ROOF STRUCTURE AND DAMAGE THE UNDERLYING METAL STRUCTURE OF THE DOCK. CATAWBA COUNTY SHERRIFF''S DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT AND REMOVED OPERATOR FROM THE VESSEL. AT 18:34 HOURS I ARRIVED ON SCENE. I SPOKE WITH OPERATOR REGARDING HIS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. HE ADMITTED TO DRINKING ON HIS VESSEL. I ASKED OPERATOR TO PERFORM FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING. HE REFUSED. HE HAD RED BLOODSHOT EYES AND HAD A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMING FROM HIS PERSON. HE WAS UNABLE TO STAND WITH HIS FEET CLOSE TOGETHER WITHOUT STUMBLING. I PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR OPERATING A VESSEL ON THE WATERS OF THIS STATE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN IMPAIRING SUBSTANCE. AFTER PROCESSING OPERATOR FOR HIS ARREST  I APPLIED FOR A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE VESSEL TO LOCATED THE VESSELS REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT. I SERVED THE SEARCH WARRANT ON THE VESSEL AND LOCATED THE BOATS REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION. I THEN DOCUMENTED THE DAMAGE TO THE DOCK. THE VESSEL HAD DISLODGED TWO METAL CLEATS THAT WERE BOLTED TO THE WOODEN FLOOR OF THE DOCK. A METAL SUPPORT POST FOR THE ROOF HAD BEEN PULLED OUT AND WAS HANGING IN THE WATER BY A DOCKING LINE. DAMAGE WAS ALSO DONE TO THE WHITE BUMPERS ATTACHED TO THE OTHER METAL POSTS THAT SUPPORTED THE ROOF. THE DOCK OWNER RECEIVED A QUOTE TO HAVE THE DAMAGE REPAIRED IN THE AMOUNT OF $8500.00.