The Brief
- A drunk boater was arrested after crashing into a dock on Lake Winterset, according to an arrest affidavit.
- When a Polk County deputy responded, he said that 41-year-old Benjamin Mendez had a hard time standing up and kept tripping over items in the boat.
- On Saturday, a man was arrested for tying his pontoon boat up to a “no tresspassing” sign in the area of McLean Point.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says that a reckless boater was arrested and charged with a DUI after colliding with a dock on Lake Winterset.
Benjamin Mendez, 41, was driving a pontoon boat on Saturday with two men and one woman onboard when they struck a dock, according to an affidavit.
When a nearby deputy responded, he said that Mendez had a hard time standing up and kept tripping over items in the boat.
After being asked to hand the deputy a fire extinguisher, Mendez gave him a flare.…