Joel Kleiber
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) – Charges have been filed after a crashed his boat at a boat landing in Wausau.
Joel Kleiber, 49, sped up his motorboat and went up the boat landing at D.C. Everest Park. He told onlookers he didn’t have a trailer, and was “parking his boat.” The area was crowded with people. No one was injured. Video of the incident, where the boat went up the boat landing at high speed before coming to rest in the parking lot, has gone viral.
Onlookers called police, fearful that the boat could have crashed into other people or vehicles.
Klieber was arrested at his home a day later, and is charged with felony reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.
Bond was set at $5,000.
He’s scheduled for a preliminary hearing on September 22.
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