Man accused in Lake of the Ozarks boat chase charged with felony

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man who was accused of leading law enforcement on a boat chase Saturday in Morgan County was charged with a felony and multiple misdemeanors.

Loren Peters, of Sunrise Beach, was charged with aggravated fleeing and four misdemeanors, including boating while intoxicated, not displaying navigation lights, not registering a boat and recklessly operating a boat. Court filings show he posted a $50,000 bond on Sunday.

The probable cause statement says that around 8:19 p.m. Saturday, law enforcement was called after a man allegedly threw a woman from a boat in Davey Hollow Cove. Law enforcement found Peters driving the orange boat at the 10-mile marker of the man channel, the statement says.

Peters allegedly sped away after troopers tried to contact him on the water, drove to the Gravois Arm before getting to Mill Creek Cove, abandoned the boat at a dock and ran into the woods, the statement says.

Peters eventually gave himself up and appeared to look drunk, troopers wrote. Peters allegedly refused a breath test, according to the statement.