ICYMI: Drunk Commack Man Took Off in Boat From Bar After Fight, Crashed Into Buoy, Police

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared earlier this week in Commack Patch:

BY: RYAN BONNER

A 35-year-old Commack man faces a boating while intoxicated charge after he took off in a boat and crashed into a buoy following a fight at Patchogue's Dublin Deck Saturday night, Suffolk Police said.

According to police, Fifth Precinct officers responded to a 911 call at Dublin Deck located at 325 River Avenue, where witnesses reported that a man had left the bar in a 22-foot Sea Ray boat after a dispute and sped away down the Patchogue River at 9:04 p.m.

Marine Bureau Police officers Daniel Smith and Charles Giardella, aboard Marine Kilo, were notified about the fleeing boat and responded to check the area. A 29-foot response boat from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Fire Island also joined in the search.

While officers were en route, the captain of a passing ferry contacted the Marine Bureau via VHF radio to report that a boat had sped out of the Patchogue River and struck buoy No. 4 in Patchogue Bay.

Officers Smith and Giardella located the disabled vessel with the operator, Erik M. Dowgiallo and two male passengers on board. None of the occupants were injured in the crash.

Dowgiallo was held overnight at the Fifth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned Sunday at First District Court in Central Islip.