WEST LAKE OKOBOJI, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources report a Spirit Lake man was arrested Thursday in connection with a boating incident that took place at approximately 10:35 p.m., Tuesday, near Manhattan Point on West Lake Okoboji. DNR Conservation Officers, Thursday, located a damaged boat consistent with damage to the hit and run incident, which seriously injured Vaughn Wickham of Spirit Lake, during the August 4th incident.

The boat was located in a hoist at a private residence on the north end of West Lake Okoboji. Conservation Officers obtained a search warrant and seized a 2010 28 foot Boston Whaler.  Shortly after seizing the boat, 20-year old Zachery Kruse, of Spirit Lake, turned himself in to DNR Conservation Officers and admitted to operating the boat involved in the hit and run.  Kruse was booked into the Dickinson County Jail and charged with an aggravated misdemeanor for failing to give aid in a vessel resulting in a serious injury.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Bureau was assisted by the Dickinson County Sheriff’s office and numerous helpful citizens in the investigation.