RedactedNarrative: On Saturday, August 14th, 2019 at approximately 1016 hours, Kentcom dispatched Delaware Natural Resource Police Fish and Wildlife for damage to a fishing pier. The Peninsula is located in the state of Delaware, county of Sussex in the area of Bay Farm Rd. Contact was made with the RP via telephone and the RP advised that a boat struck the fishing pier causing substantial damage between the hours of 1700 hours and 0700 hours. 
  
  The RP is an admin. assistant to the property management company and was advised to contact police. The RP was able to send pictures to my email to show the extent of the damage. The damage consisted of damage to a floating dock, railing and damage to a ramp secured to the floating dock. There was also damaged to a stationary pier that connected to the floating dock. This damage was estimated to be in the thousands of dollars.
  
  On the same date at 1352 hours, subject1 contacted Kentcom to advise that he was involved in a  boat accident with a fishing pier and wanted police contact. Contact was made with Subject1 and questioned about the accident. Subject1 stated that he launched his boat in the water at Bay Colony in Dagsboro, De and proceeded across the Indian River Bay to Paradise Grill to drop two friends off. 
  
  Paradise Grill is just east of Peninsula on the north side of Indian River. Once his friends were dropped off he stated that he then drove his boat to the Indian River Inlet then returned to Paradise Grill later in the evening to pick his friends up. Subject1 then stated that when he started to return to Paradise it started to rain and thunderstorm. 
  
  Once he was back at Paradise Grill and realized that his friends had left he decided to proceed back to the boat ramp at Bay Colony during the rain and thunderstorm. During the travel back to Bay Colony, Subject1 stated that due to the thunderstorm and lighting he had lost all electronics to the boat and his throttle cable was not working. He stated that since he could not see anything he decided to hug the shoreline in attempts to navigate his way back to the boat ramp. 
  
  He then stated that he impacted the fishing pier because he did not see it. 
  
  After the impact, Subject1 advised that he drifted to the center of Indian River and dropped anchor. Subject1 stayed anchored in the Indian River Channel until he was able to wave down another boat to call Tow Boat because all his electronics as well as his cell phone did not work. He advised that his boat was towed to the Bay Colony boat ramp at approx. 1000 hours. Subject1 stated that he did not want to attempt to contact someone at the time of the incident due to how late the accident occurred. 
  
  Units were able to examine the damaged boat that was operated by Subject1. The boat is a 23' Sea Hunt fishing boat bearing DL 2035 Y. The boat had damage to the front and port (left) side of the boat consistent with impacting the fishing pier. The Peninsula Pier and the direction needed to travel to Bay Colony are not directly in line. The direction that subject stated do not match the direction needed to travel to for him to get back to the Bay Colony boat ramp. At this time a warrant for inattentive operation of a vessel was drafted and sent and approved by the presiding judge.
  
  On 08/15/2021, Subject1 was contacted and advised that he would be charged with one charge of Inattentive operation of a vessel. Subject1 understood and stated that he would be responding to the Sussex County office to be processed. At approx. 1000 hours, Subject1 responded to the Sussex County office. Subject1 was searched and placed secure in the detention cell. The active warrant for Subject1 was processed and sent for arraignment.
  
  The presiding judge arraigned Subject1 and released him on OR bond with a court date of 11/29/2021 at 0900 hours in CCP. Subject1 was issued all necessary paperwork and released.