Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The 2013 legislation lowers Georgia's BUI limit and adds safety regulations.
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Wednesday, May 15
It's official: As of Wednesday (May 15), a new Georgia law regarding the Boating Under the Influence legal limit and other boating safety regulations is in effect. According to a Lake Lanier website, state officials will attend information sessions at local marinas around the state Wednesday. The visits will culminate at Laurel Park in Hall County, where Gov. Nathan Deal will give an address at 2 p.m. The new regulations are contained in Senate Bill 136, which Deal signed into law in April. Portions of the bill are named for late Buford youths Griffin and Jake Prince, and late Atlanta youth Kile Glover. The youths were killed in boating or watercraft-related accidents on Lake Lanier in 2012. The legislation lowers the legal blood-alcohol …
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Hall County grand jury delivers indictment against Jeffrey Hubbard, described as a family friend. Entertainer Usher was Kile Glover's former stepfather.
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Saturday, March 2
Jeffrey Hubbard, who was driving the personal watercraft that was involved with the death of Atlanta youth Kile Glover on Lake Lanier last year, has been indicted by a Hall County grand jury. Hubbard, described as a friend of Glover's family, has been indicted on the following charges: homicide by vessel, serious injury by vessel, reckless operation of a vessel, unlawful operation of a personal watercraft, and boat traffic violation, according to a Department of Natural Resources news release. Hubbard was arrested Friday (March 1) by rangers with Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and is in the Hall County Detention Center, the release said. Glover, the son of the former wife of entertainment superstar Usher, died last July from …
Monday, January 7, 2013
Robert Armistead, 54, of Lawrenceville, was pulled from the lake Sunday.
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Monday, January 7
From Lawrenceville Patch The Hall County Sherrif's Department informed Patch that the 10- to 15-foot jon boat of Robert Armistead, 54, of Lawrenceville, was found overturned in the water about 10 feet off the shore. Armistead's body was taken to the Dekalb Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy and toxicology. The Hall County Fire Department's Dive Team reportedly pulled his body from Lake Lanier on Sunday, according to CBS Atlanta. The dive team responded to a call of a capsized boat near the Aqualand Marina at around 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The Hall County Sheriff's Department told the television station that foul play is not suspected.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
A number of boating fatalities occurred on the popular lake this summer; the Georgia Department of Natural Resources offers important boating safety tips for the upcoming three-day weekend.
Labor Day weekend is typically the last big hurrah for recreational boaters, water and jet ski enthusiasts to enjoy Lake Lanier once more before cooler weather sets in. But this this summer has been a particularly deadline season for boating accident fatalities on Lake Lanier. According to the Department of Natural Resources, there have been 96 boating incidents, nine boating-incident-related fatalities and 33 drownings on Georgia Waters. Conservation rangers have also issued 167 boating-under-the-influence citations. This year a number of the fatalities involved nearby residents: "Holiday weekends create a need for increased safety awareness from all boaters," said Lt. Col. Jeff Weaver in a Georgia DNR press release. "As always, …
Monday, August 20, 2012
Jeff Nause may be an accidental drowning victim after the incident Saturday.
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Authorities and perhaps family members will resume searching Monday (Aug. 20) on Lake Lanier for the Atlanta man who still is missing after a boating incident early Saturday. WSB-TV reported that search teams ended their efforts Sunday afternoon because of weather and boat traffic. They are seeking Jeff Nause, 44, a Georgia Tech graduate and CEO of a semiconductor company. Nause jumped off a boat about 12:30 a.m. Saturday near Three Sisters Island, according to reports. Authorities say alcohol may have been a factor in the accident. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the case is being investigated as an accidental drowning. Authorities said Nause was on a friend's boat with a woman and another couple when he plunged into the …
Sunday, August 19, 2012
A girl is cut by a boat's propeller. In another case, a man is missing after jumping from a sailboat.
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
Updated 8:15 a.m., Aug. 19 A man is still missing and believed drowned after jumping from a sailboat, and a teen girl was cut by a boat propeller in separate Lake Lanier incidents Saturday, Aug. 18. MAN MISSING AFTER JUMPING FROM BOAT: WSB-TV reported that Atlanta resident Jeffrey Nause, 44, jumped from a sailboat into the lake waters about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. He was with a woman and another couple near Lake Lanier Islands. Georgia Department of Natural Resources officials (DNR) officials said they had to suspend the search Saturday due to the high volume of traffic on the lake, and the search was expected to resume Sunday. DNR spokesperson Mike Burgamy said alcohol may have been a factor in this case, which is being investigated by the …
Friday, August 3, 2012
Paul Bennett of Cumming was involved in a deadly boating incident that resulted in the deaths of brothers Griffin and Jake Prince of Gwinnett.
Cumming resident Paul J. Bennett, 44, has been indicted by a Hall County grand jury. He is the operator of a fishing boat that struck a pontoon boat in June on Lake Lanier, killing two Gwinnett siblings, 9-year-old Jake Prince and his brother Griffin, 13. Hall County District Attorney Lee Darragh spoke with Patch and said Bennett was arraigned Thursday afternoon for: As for what happens next to Bennett, Darragh said, "Obviously he is scheduled for later hearings, but beyond that I don't have any other information for you." The tragic incident happened the evening of June 18 in the Shoal Creek area of Lake Lanier, near Lake Lanier Islands. Four families -- 13 people in all, with nine children -- were on the vessel, owned by the Prince …
Thursday, July 26, 2012
A 44-year-old man had drowned Thursday at West Bank Park located off Buford Dam Road.
A family outing on Lake Lanier turned tragic Thursday afternoon after a 44-year-old man drowned. Capt. Jason Shivers with the Forsyth County Fire Department said units were dispatched at 3:08 p.m. to Lake Lanier for a "missing person, presumed drowning victim." "Upon our arrival we confirmed with family and friends, and bystanders that in fact a drowning was witnessed of an adult male off the shore of West Bank Park [located off Buford Dam Road] here in Forsyth County," said Shivers. FCFD divers performed an initial surface search, followed by an underwater search where the body of the victim was recovered and brought to shore at 3:46 p.m. Authorities believe the man went under around 3 p.m. "Typically our practice is to attempt rescue …
The stepson of Usher's ex-wife died from injuries suffered in an accident on Lake Lanier earlier in July.
The funeral for Kile Glover, the Atlanta youth who died from injuries suffered on Lake Lanier in July, will be Friday (July 27), according to media reports. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported that the services for the son of Usher's ex-wife will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Weiuca Road Baptist Church on Peachtree Road. Glover, 11, and a teenage friend were in an inner tube being pulled on a boat when they were hit by a personal watercraft. Glover suffered severe head injuries and was on life support for two weeks. The Georgia DNR has identified Jeffrey S. Hubbard, a family friend, as the driver of the personal watercraft. No charges have been filed in the incident, and alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the incident. …
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Kile Glover, 11, has died after his mother makes tough decision to remove him from life support.
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
Kile Glover, the son of entertainment superstar Usher's ex-wife, reportedly has died after being removed from life support. According to the entertainment website TMZ reported that Glover's mother, Tameka Foster, allegedly made the tough decision after being told that a full recovery was not likely. She is also said to have been unable to pay the medical bills required to keep her son on life support, after the family's insurance company coverage expired. Glover, 11, was critically injured earlier in July after being hit by a jet ski driven by a family friend. A 15-year-old girl with Glover also was injured. Both were life flighted to a children's hospital in Atlanta. A family friend, Jeffrey S. Hubbard, reportedly was driving the jet ski…
Kim Gehrhardt
5:48 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013
I also feel that anyone renting a motorized vessel should have to show verification that they have taken and passed a boater safety course. Many non-boat owners go to rent and have never been on the lake nor behind one of these vessels prior. To me, they are more threat than someone under the age of 15 who has grown up on the lake and with a family motorized vessel. more ›