FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – A man is behind bars after, police said, he was allegedly driving a boat while intoxicated and crashing into other boats in Fort Lauderdale. <\/p>\n
Early Saturday morning, Fort Lauderdale Police officers and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials responded to the Bahia Mar Yachting Center after receiving calls about a drunk boater. <\/p>\n
Panicked witnesses who watched the chaos unfold contacted 911 and began recording the incident. <\/p>\n
\u201cOh my God, no way!\u201d said a witness. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s gonna hit him again!\u201d said another witness.<\/p>\n
As they waited for help to arrive, another person on the dock appears to confront the driver of the boat with a firearm. <\/p>\n
\u201cTurn off the boat!\u201d a bystander says as video shows a man pointing a gun at the boat driver. <\/p>\n
Officers responded and made an arrest. The alleged suspect has been identified as Michael Binder. <\/p>\n
As sunrise rose on Saturday, damage to Binder\u2019s boat was apparent. Shattered glass was scattered among tumblers and a cooler while the boat\u2019s bow was missing chunks of fiberglass. <\/p>\n
Those who remained on the scene and the boat owners of the crashed boats helped clean up the mess for several hours afterward.<\/p>\n
As of late Sunday, it remains unclear how many boats were damaged during the incident. <\/p>\n
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