NRP Police Blotter: Boating Accidents, BWI's

MARYLAND - 7/11/2009

Maryland Natural Resources Police Blotter

Anne Arundel County – On June 28,  the Maryland Natural Resources Police  charged John Allen Schuman, II,  of Pasadena, with operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol, operating a vessel while impaired by alcohol, negligent operation and exceeding the six knot speed limit. This incident occurred in Bodkin Creek on the Patapsco River in Anne Arundel County.

Cecil County – On June 30,  the Maryland Natural Resources Police investigated a single vessel boating accident on the Sassafras River. The accident involved a Jonathan Shillingford of Chester Springs, Pa. that was injured while wake boarding. Shillingford was on a wake board that was being towed behind a vessel. Shillingford lost control of the wake board and sustained non-life threatening injuries. Shillingford was transported to Christiana Hospital in Delaware. No charges are being filed as the result of the accident.

Cecil County – On June 27, the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Anthony Paul Foster with operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol, operating a vessel while impaired by alcohol and operating a vessel while under the influence of a combination of one or more drugs and/or alcohol. This incident occurred on the C & D Canal, Chesapeake City, Maryland.