RedactedNarrative: On 05/26/2019 at approximately 1740 hours OFCs of the Maryland Natural Resources Police were on marked vessel patrol in the Isle of Wight Bay when we heard reports that Ocean City EMS responded to Seacrets Bar and Grill on 49th Street in Ocean City, Maryland for a traumatic injury from a PWC accident. 
  
  We responded and advised other NRP units in the area of the situation. The weather conditions were sunny, temperatures in the 80-90 degrees Fahrenheit, with winds less than 10 MPH. Boat traffic was heavily congested due to the holiday weekend. 
  
  Upon arrival, I made contact with Sgt. of the Maryland Natural Resources Police who arrived on the scene before I did. Sgt. advised it was a single PWC accident with two subjects involved. He advised there was only one patient and EMS was removing her from a Samaritan’s vessel as we spoke. 
  
  Sgt. stated the other subject was sitting down on the dock beside a tied up PWC and had received reports from witnesses that he was the operator of the PWC and possibly under the influence of alcohol. The patient was being transported by Ocean City EMS to PRMC Trauma Center in Salisbury, Maryland
  
  While I was speaking to Operator, I could smell a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath and I observed his eyes were bloodshot and glassy. Operator speech was also slurred when he spoke. While Operator was walking with me down the dock, I observed him swaying from side to side, and then when we stopped walking, he couldn’t stay in the same location. Operator had to keep readjusting his footing and he was using the piling of the dock to lean against to keep his balance.
  
  I asked Operator to explain to me what happened and he stated that he was at Seacrets and was approached by the victim, who offered him $100 for her and her fiancé to take his PWC out for a ride. Operator stated he agreed to it and the group went to his PWC. Operator stated when they arrived, fiance asked him to take Victim out because he didn’t feel comfortable operating the PWC. Operator said he showed Victim how to operate the PWC but never operated it himself. 
  
  Operator said Victim was sitting in the front seating position and he was sitting behind her on the PWC. All while I was speaking to Operator I continually detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath and person and he had noticeable slurring of his speech. Operator also swayed side to side and front to back while he was standing still speaking to me. When I asked Operator if he had any drinks earlier, he became silent and just stared directly ahead and didn’t answer my questions. I asked Operator again and he remained silent. I told Operator I would like to conduct SFSTs, which he refused to do and immediately sat down on the dock. I asked Operator again if he would like to take the test and he refused again. At approximately 1750 hours, I placed Operator under arrest for operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol. I began reading him the NRP-482 Advice of Right. While I was reading Operator the Advice of Rights, he continued talking and interrupting me. At one point, Operator asked me if he could wipe his nose on my shirt, I told him that he could not. Operator then proceeded to turn around and rub his nose on the bench. 
  
  When he stood back up, Operator stumbled and then regained his balance. After I finished reading Operator the Advice of Rights he refused to take the Intoximeter. When I told Operator he needed to sign the Advice of Rights acknowledging his refusal to take the intoximeter, he refused to sign the NRP-482 at 1757 hours. I returned to my patrol vessel and issued Operator citations for OUI, OWI, and negligent operation of a vessel. I returned to Operator, explained to him the citations, and tried to find him a sober party to release him to. When we provided Operator his phone, its screen lock was enabled, he proceeded to tell us the wrong passcode to the phone. We eventually were able to get his phone unlocked and called a sober friend to come and pick him up. While waiting for Operator’s friend to arrive, we spoke more about the incident. I was still able to detect an odor of an alcoholic beverage from his breath and I observed his eyes were still bloodshot and glassy. While speaking to Operator he lost his footing again and I had to grab onto him to prevent him from falling. Operator's friend arrived on location and took custody of him from myself. I made sure Operator had his personal property and citations before leaving. 
  
  After Operator left, I made contact with a friend/ witness of Victim. Friend stated she met Victim and Fiance earlier at Seacrets, and they became friends. Friend stated they talked about wanting to go ride PWCs. Friend stated Victim left for a short amount of time and returned back telling them she rented a PWC for $100. Friend stated their group went over to the PWC where they met Operator. Friend stated she didn’t want to ride the PWC, and Fiance asked Operator to take Victim out due to him not knowing much about the water and how to operate a PWC. Friend stated Victim and Operator got onto the PWC with Victim sitting in the most forward seat and Operator sitting directly behind her. Friend advised she saw Operator operating the PWC away from the dock. Friend said after they left the dock they waited around for approximately 20-30 minutes for Victim and Operator to return back, before they were told by a member of Seacrets security that there had been an accident. 
  
  Friend stated they saw a boat return to the dock and Victim was on it with blood on her face. Friend stated she saw Operator after the vessel returned, at the end of the dock and never saw him drink anything up until I made contact with him. Friend completed a witness/ written statement form. I advised I would be in contact with her in reference to the upcoming court date. The PWC’s side mirror had minor damage. It was tied up at the dock beside Seacret’s until Operator could make disposition with it at a later time. I cleared that location without further incident. Later that evening, I made contact with Fiance and asked him how Victim was doing. He stated she was doing better and that she was just discharged from PRMC. I asked him if, on the following day 05/27/2019, he and Victim could meet me so I could obtain her statement from the accident. Fiance advised that was fine and he would meet me at approximately 1600 hours at the NRP boat house in West Ocean City.
  All the above events occurred in Worcester County, Maryland.
  
  On 05/27/2019 at approximately 1645 hours I made contact with Fiance and Victim at the Maryland Natural Resources Police boat house. I read Victim her Miranda Rights and she agreed to speak with me. Victim signed a form stating she was waiving her Miranda Rights and would speak with me about the incident. Victim stated she and Fiance were at Seacret’s Bar and Grill when they made friends with Friend. Victim stated they were talking and decided they wanted to try and ride a PWC. Victim stated she met Operator near his PWC and offered him $100 if she and her friends could ride it. Victim stated Operator agreed to the offer, so she returned to her friends and brought them over to the PWC. Victim stated Fiance told her that he wanted Operator to take her out on the PWC to show her how to operate it since he wasn’t familiar with the PWC and didn’t have a boater safety license. Victim stated she and Operator agreed and they proceeded. victim struck the boat, suffering injury.
  
  Subject stated she sat in the front seat of the PWC and Operator sat directly behind her. Subject advised Operator started the PWC up and operated it away from the dock. Subject stated once they were away from the dock, Operator began to accelerate the PWC to a high rate of speed which she stated “scared” her. Subject said she told Operator it was too fast and it scared her. Subject said Operator slowed down and gave her the kill switch cord to the PWC, and told her “The jet ski will stop if it comes off.” Subject stated she started to operate the PWC but after approximately one minute she became scared again due to the sea and wind conditions. Subject said she turned the controls back over to Operator and he operated it while sitting behind her. 
  
  Subject stated Operator started operating the PWC again and “went from 0 to as fast as it could go.” Subject stated she wasn’t sure what happened next but she remembered waking up being pulled out of the water into a boat. Subject advised Operator was operating the PWC when the accident occurred. Subject stated she couldn’t see much because she had blood in her eyes and face but she thought it was the Seacret’s tender boat that pulled her out of the water. Subject advised she wasn’t sure what happened to Operator but she remembered seeing him when she was being transported from the boat to the dock by EMS personnel. Subject stated Operator kept trying to talk to her and EMS personnel had to move him away from her. Subject stated she was then taken to the hospital in Salisbury, Maryland where she was treated and released.
  
  The PWC’s side mirror had minor damage. It was tied up at the dock beside Seacret’s until Operator could make disposition with it at a later time.
  
  In Subject's witness statement she states "I am not sure what we hit the next thing I know I was in the water with blood coming down my head and a nearby boat pulled me out of the water."