40-year-old Nicholas Bahe was reportedly operating a vessel on Percy Priest Lake on May 31st after sunset without the proper anchor light and with obscured navigational lights. According to TWRA Officer Clay Hetland, he observed this and activated his emergency equipment, stopping the vessel. He interviewed Bahe about the violations and observed the smell of alcohol coming from Bahe, who admitted to drinking while on the lake. Bahe performed poorly on field sobriety testing while aboard the TWRA vessel and was transported to booking after a stop at Summit Medical Center for a blood draw. Bahe was taken into custody for boating under the influence and a boating violation on June 1st.
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Nicholas Karl Bahe of Walden Court in Mount Juliet, TN, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on May 31st, charged with boating under the influence and a boating violation. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $3,000, and the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office gave him pre-trial release from their facility.
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