RedactedNarrative: On saturday, september 04, 2022, at approximately 10:08 pm, a boating incident occurred on lake tillery in the cove near fairway shores road. The vessel was a 2016 forest river, southbay, 523rs pontoon boat. The incident occurred when the vessel struck a dock at a high rate of speed. Two other passengers accompanied operator on board at the time of the incident.  No one was injured. 
  
  The next-door neighbor was witness to the incident. She stated that she was sitting on the deck of her residence when she saw operator's vessel come down the cove at a high rate of speed with loud music playing.  She observed the vessel go to the end of the cove, turn around and strike the dock on its way out.  She also stated that she observed the passengers of the vessel attempt to dislodge the vessel from the dock after the initial collision.  Witness then proceeded to call 911 because she heard a woman crying from the direction of the vessel involved in the collision. 
  
  First responders and the montgomery county sheriff's department were the first to arrive at the scene, followed shortly after by ncwrc investigators. Investigators spoke with potential witnesses in the area and the passengers onboard the vessel and took their statements.  Investigators discovered a cooler filled with both full and empty alcoholic beverage containers. There were also various empty alcoholic beverage containers scattered throughout the vessel. 
  
  During the investigation, operator was identified as the vessel's operator at the time of the incident.  While speaking with operator, officer noticed his speech was slurred and that he had red/bloodshot/glassy eyes. Operator had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath. Officer of the ncwrc administered the seated battery of standardized field sobriety tests to operator. After completing the seated battery of standardized field sobriety tests, officer formed the opinion that operator was appreciably impaired. Operator refused to provide a preliminary breath sample on scene.  At approximately 10:55 pm, operator was arrested for boating while impaired (bwi) and was transported to the montgomery county magistrate's office.
   
  Ncwrc officers applied for a search warrant for operator's blood to determine his blood alcohol concentration and the presence of any other impairing substance(s). The search warrant was granted by a judicial official and was executed on 09/05/2022 at 12:18 am. Operator's blood was sent to the sbi crime lab for further analysis, and the results are pending.  
  
  All occupants involved in this incident refused medical attention, and there were no injuries beyond first aid. It appears this incident was the result of alcohol impairment. Operator has been charged with boating while impaired.
  
  **please note:  when lab results are received, this report will be updated at that time.***
  
  **nothing further.***
  