A 45 year-old man has been found guilty by a jury of operating a boat while intoxicated and killing a 38 year-old passenger on board. The crash happened in 2005 on Lake Butte des Morts. According to reports, the men were on their way back home when the powerboat hit a shallow part of the [...]

26 year-old professional NHL player for the Winnipeg Jets, Dustin Byfuglien, was pulled over on August 31 on suspicion of boating while intoxicated and will face charges by Minnesota law enforcement. Officers pulled Byfuglien over on a residential Minnesota lake where they administered a breath test, which he passed with 0.03 blood alcohol level. The [...]

Seafair weekend saw 71 arrests for boating under the influence, and two of those arrests were for drivers driving the same boat. Four hours after the owner of the vessel was arrested for BUI, another man driving the boat was also arrested. The owner was stopped after violating a “No Go Zone” and the second [...]

Police officers in Wenatchee, Washington will be participating in “Operation Dry Water” from June 24-26. This operation will crack down on people who boat while under the influence of alcohol. During the operation, officers will be patrolling the Washington-area lakes and oceans more often, as well as increasing penalties for boaters who are found to [...]

All over the country, states are discussing stricter boating laws, and a new law has been passed in Iowa that lowers the legal blood-alcohol content for boaters to .08. This is the same legal limit for drunk drivers. A stipulation of the law is that the boat has to be moving in order for a person [...]