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(added from detailed narrative: On December 3, 2023, at approximately 2030 hours, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), was dispatched to a delayed Hit and Run Boat Accident (S3B) in Palm Beach County, the reporting party advised that the incident occurred at approximately 1830 hours. I made contact with the Reporting Party, who was also the operator of Vessel 2 (V2). V2 is a 22-foot Pathfinder bearing Florida Registration. OP2 advised me that no one was injured during the incident and that he would be staying the night in Delray Beach, and I could see the boat on the trailer the next morning at his home to take pictures and take the report.
	On December 4, 2023, at approximately 1100 hours, I met with OP2 at his home in Davie. OP2 provided me with a sworn written statement with his account of the incident the night before as well as a list of people on his boat. OP2’s statement stated that he was involved in a boating accident underneath the Camino Real Bridge in Boca Raton. I took pictures of V2 and talked with OP2’s younger brother, who was also on the boat during the incident, he gave me a similar verbal statement of what happened during the incident. OP2 provided me with videos from the incident, but they only showed footage from after the incident occurred. There was some damage to V2s gelcoat on its starboard side (see photos).
	At approximately 1200 hours, I met with the Registered Owner of Vessel 1 (V1), a 22-foot Triumph, at his home in Pompano Beach. OP1 provided me with a sworn written statement that an accident never occurred. He told me he lost steering, and his vessel came close to V2 but never actually hit. He told me the occupants of V2 were being loud and threatening him. He did not feel safe stopping to talk to the occupants and operator of V2. I took pictures of V1 and there are some scrapes in the hull on the port side bow, where the operator of V2 stated they hit. But the damage does not match the damage I saw on V2. There was no black rub rail or white paint transfer on the hull of V1 (see photos).

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