a louisiana volunteer police officer was arrested saturday night after allegedly drunkenly stealing a patrol boat and taking it for a joy ride that ended when he crashed into a riverside bar and grill danny eckhart was intoxicated, his former co workers in st tammany parish say, when he took the vessel out on the tchefuncte river and smashed it into pilings outside the t rivers bar in madisonville no one was injured in the crash however, eckhart faces charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle and operating a vehicle while intoxicated accused: volunteer st tammany parish cop danny eckhart is accused of drunkenly taking a police patrol boat for a joy ride and then crashing it into a riverside bar  he also did an unknown amount of damage to the patrol boat when authorities say he took it out 'while not acting in any official capacity,' said spokesman capt george bonnett on sunday police did not release his age, work history or blood alcohol level at the time of his arrest to the the times picayune eckhart was booked into the st tammany parish jail and later released on $7,500 bond bonnett told the times picayune that restitution for damages to the boat will be pursued in court decommissioned: police say eckhart damaged the water craft when he crashed it into t rivers bar and grill in madisonville he was arrested and stripped of his commission 
st tammany parish danny eckhart saturday the tchefuncte river louisiana
danny eckhart, a reserve officer from st tammany parish in louisiana, was arrested saturday and stripped of his commission  authorities say he drunkenly took a patrol boat out on the tchefuncte river then crashed it into t river bar and restaurant  st tammany parish police say he was not on duty he's been charged with unauthorized use of a movable and operating a vehicle while intoxicated 