I just saw this on fullspeedfishing and had to copy it.
Does this guy qualify for butt boater?
An allegedly drunken sailor commandeered a 65-foot fishing vessel and took it to sea early Tuesday, striking five boats in the Redondo Beach marina and abducting two fellow deckhands for nearly an hour.
The unapproved boat ride aboard the Sea Spray began about 2 a.m. when deckhand Miguel Alvarez, 27, staying on the vessel docked near the International Boardwalk, barged into the captain's quarters, Redondo Beach police Sgt. Phil Keenan said.
"He is intoxicated," Keenan said. "He gets up on the bridge. He starts the ship up and he is attempting to back the ship out. He keeps hitting other boats."
Two deckhands, Bernard Ortiz, 19, and Jason Abbott, 23, awakened at the movement and confronted Alvarez, pleading with him to stop and let them off the boat. But Alvarez kept going, bumping into five other boats as the deckhands tossed inflatable devices in front of them to avoid causing damage.
"He just started pounding against the boats," Ortiz said. "We told him to stop. He told us to get out of the way."
Ortiz said he and Abbott tried to force Alvarez to stop, but Alvarez shoved him out of the way.
"He's 10 times bigger than me," Ortiz said.
Alvarez, saying he wanted to "mess up the squid boats," headed out of the harbor and into the open ocean, traveling in the dark.
Ortiz contacted the ship's captain, Daniel Erickson, 23, by telephone. Erickson said he thought Ortiz was joking when he heard the account, but realized he was serious and headed for the dock.
Alvarez, meanwhile, apparently changed his mind and headed back for the International Boardwalk. Erickson arrived just as the boat came in, jumped aboard and pushed Alvarez aside. He then pulled the vessel into the slip.
Alvarez jumped ship and ran, leaping from boat to boat as he tried to get away. Erickson called the police, who arrived and found that Alvarez had made his way back to the Sea Spray.
A police dog climbed onto the boat and caught him.
Alvarez was held at county jail on a parole violation and on suspicion of kidnapping, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and battery on a police officer. After officers handcuffed Alvarez to take him to a hospital for treatment of his dog bites, he grabbed an officer's genitals, Keenan said.
Department of Corrections records showed Alvarez was convicted on Jan. 3, 2002, of evading a police officer and reckless driving.
Erickson said Alvarez had been a good worker and appeared in good spirits Monday night.
"Nobody really knows his motive," he said
Does this guy qualify for butt boater?
An allegedly drunken sailor commandeered a 65-foot fishing vessel and took it to sea early Tuesday, striking five boats in the Redondo Beach marina and abducting two fellow deckhands for nearly an hour.
The unapproved boat ride aboard the Sea Spray began about 2 a.m. when deckhand Miguel Alvarez, 27, staying on the vessel docked near the International Boardwalk, barged into the captain's quarters, Redondo Beach police Sgt. Phil Keenan said.
"He is intoxicated," Keenan said. "He gets up on the bridge. He starts the ship up and he is attempting to back the ship out. He keeps hitting other boats."
Two deckhands, Bernard Ortiz, 19, and Jason Abbott, 23, awakened at the movement and confronted Alvarez, pleading with him to stop and let them off the boat. But Alvarez kept going, bumping into five other boats as the deckhands tossed inflatable devices in front of them to avoid causing damage.
"He just started pounding against the boats," Ortiz said. "We told him to stop. He told us to get out of the way."
Ortiz said he and Abbott tried to force Alvarez to stop, but Alvarez shoved him out of the way.
"He's 10 times bigger than me," Ortiz said.
Alvarez, saying he wanted to "mess up the squid boats," headed out of the harbor and into the open ocean, traveling in the dark.
Ortiz contacted the ship's captain, Daniel Erickson, 23, by telephone. Erickson said he thought Ortiz was joking when he heard the account, but realized he was serious and headed for the dock.
Alvarez, meanwhile, apparently changed his mind and headed back for the International Boardwalk. Erickson arrived just as the boat came in, jumped aboard and pushed Alvarez aside. He then pulled the vessel into the slip.
Alvarez jumped ship and ran, leaping from boat to boat as he tried to get away. Erickson called the police, who arrived and found that Alvarez had made his way back to the Sea Spray.
A police dog climbed onto the boat and caught him.
Alvarez was held at county jail on a parole violation and on suspicion of kidnapping, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and battery on a police officer. After officers handcuffed Alvarez to take him to a hospital for treatment of his dog bites, he grabbed an officer's genitals, Keenan said.
Department of Corrections records showed Alvarez was convicted on Jan. 3, 2002, of evading a police officer and reckless driving.
Erickson said Alvarez had been a good worker and appeared in good spirits Monday night.
"Nobody really knows his motive," he said
