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Fire Chief missing after falling off boat in Lake St. Clair

Posted at 7:16 AM, Aug 01, 2015
and last updated 2015-08-01 07:16:29-04

Macomb County, Mich.– Dive teams are continuing their search on Lake St. Clair this morning for a man believed to have possibly drowned following a fall from a boat.

Keith Rowley, the Chief of the Southfield Fire Department, has been missing since Friday evening following reports of him going overboard.

Deputies tried to locate Rowley unsuccessfully throughout the evening.

Three other people were aboard the boat including one Troy man who was handcuffed and arrested on an Operating a Watercraft While Intoxicated charge.

The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team will continue their search this morning at approximately 7:00 am.