RedactedNarrative: ON SATURDAY JUNE 26, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HOURS, A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE JAMES NEAR BEAR CREEK MARINA. THE INCIDENT INVOLVED TWO PWCS OPERATED BY V1 OPERATOR (VESSEL #1) AND V2 OPERATOR (VESSEL #2).  ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AN ALTERCATION HAD OCCURRED AT BEAR CREEK MARINA BETWEEN V1 OPERATOR AND V2 OPERATOR PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.  WITNESSES STATED THAT WHILE ON THE LAKE, V2 OPERATOR  INTENTIONALLY RAN HIS PWC (VESSEL #2) INTO V1 OPERATOR'S PWC (VESSEL #1) AND THEN TOOK OFF DOWN THE LAKE.  THE COLLISION TOOK PLACE ON V1 OPERATOR'S STARBOARD SIDE NEAR THE STERN.  THE COLLISION RESULTED IN APPROXIMATELY $3800 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO V1 OPERATOR'S PWC.  WITNESSES ALSO STATED THAT V2 OPERATOR WAS DEFINITELY IMPAIRED, WHICH PLAYED A ROLE IN HIS PREVIOUS ALTERCATION WITH V1 OPERATOR, ALONG WITH IT BEING A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE BOAT INCIDENT.  ATTEMPTS TO HAVE V2 OPERATOR FILL OUT THE MB 4.1 HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.  V2 OPERATOR HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT BOAT OPERATION, ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, OPERATE A PWC AT GREATER THAN NO WAKE SPEED WITHIN 100 FEET OF A VESSEL WHILE UNDERWAY, AND FAILING TO RENDER ASSISTANCE AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A BOATING INCIDENT.
  
  
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