"Hot-wiring a crane in an attempt to drag a sunken boat out of the Dutch Slough might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but police say it went horribly wrong for an East Contra Costa man. In the end, the crane was left blocking a Holland Tract roadway, and caused so much damage that police determined it qualified as felony vandalism, court records show."
"In the end, he failed to pull the boat from its watery grave, authorities said. The Jan. 3 incident resulted in the suspect, a 35-year-old Knightsen man, being arrested Wednesday on suspicion of auto theft and vandalism, court records show. He hasn't been charged, but police did bring him to court on Thursday to appear in an unrelated misdemeanor resisting arrest case from December, records show."
An East Contra Costa man hot-wired a crane to try to drag a sunken boat out of the Dutch Slough and left the crane blocking a Holland Tract roadway. The crane caused enough damage that authorities classified the incident as felony vandalism. The man failed to recover the boat. He was identified because his own boat protruded from the water and was recognized by a Contra Costa Sheriff's deputy. A search warrant turned up a message stating, 'I got the crane but needed a hacksaw to complete his task.' Police believe the crane was stolen between late December and Jan. 3.
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