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U.S. Coast Guard Seventeenth District
  United States Coast Guard
News Release Date: June 7, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios 
Phone: (907) 321-4516

Coast Guard assists with BWI arrest

JUNEAU, Alaska - Coast Guard Station Ketchikan assisted Ketchikan Police Department arresting a man allegedly boating while intoxicated approximately 3:10 a.m. today in Tongass Narrows near Ketchikan.

The Coast Guard relayed a call to Ketchikan Police Department reporting the fishing vesselLone Fisherman, a 58-foot troller homeported in Petersburg, Alaska, was maneuvering wrecklessley and bumping into other vessels.  No damage or injuries reported.

Coast Guard Station Ketchikan launched a 25-foot response boat and a 47-foot motor life boatwith members of Ketchikan Police Department on board at 3:05 a.m.

The master of the vessel was arrested by Ketchikan police and charged with boating while intoxicated, two other people on board were not charged and released.

The Lone Fisherman is docked in Ketchikan.  An investigation is being conducted by the Coast Guard.

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