On July 6th 2023 at approximately 1330 Hrs. Hamilton County Sheriffs Deputies were dispatched to Chickamauga Lake with the reports of a party on board a cabin cruiser vessel hitting other docked vessels at the marina. 

Once deputies arrived on scene the suspect vessel was observed and once deputies made an attempt to have the operator drive back to the dock he had refused. Law enforcement vessels shortly apprehended the vessel and the operator. He was taken into custody and transported to the Hamilton County Jail for multiple criminal charges. 

Once TWRA Wildlife Offices and HCSO Deputies were able to interview witnesses it was learned that the operator of the  22 foot cabin vessel, that was powered by a small 2 cycle engine similar to a yard trimmer engine, had begun to leave the marina that he had already been criminally trespassed from had began to strike multiple vessels and a marina dock due to his inability to control the large vessel with such a small engine.  All the vessels that he had stuck were moored to the marina dock. No injuries occurred as a result of this incident.

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