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Man Arrested For Boating While Intoxicated

Posted at 7:36 PM, Sep 07, 2013
and last updated 2013-09-07 19:46:14-04

generic police lightsPAW PAW TWP, Mich — Van Buren County deputies arrested a 47-year-old man from Paw Paw on suspicion of Operating While Intoxicated, while he was driving a boat.

Around 10:10 p.m. Friday, the sheriff’s Marine Division made contact with the man on an aluminum boat. He was driving it with one passenger on Maple Lake.

The deputies found he was under the influence of alcohol, arrested him and took him to the Van Buren County Jail pending arraignment. A deputy took his boat back to his dock.