An Anna Maria man entered a no-contest plea to a charge of boating while under the influence and was sentenced to 12 months on probation.
Christopher J. Callahan, 21, pleaded no contest Oct. 14 and was adjudicated guilty.
Callahan was arrested in June by the U.S. Coast Guard after he ran a vessel into a shoal in the waterway near the 2600 block of Gulf Drive South in Bradenton Beach. Callahan gave two breath samples, measuring .229 and .218.
Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judge Charles Sniffen ordered Callahan to live within the law, report regularly to a probation officer and submit to random drug and alcohol testing.
Callahan was given 11 months to pay $1,136 in costs, fines and fees, to perform 75 hours of community service and to attend a DUI treatment program and victim impact panel. The order also included an automatic probation termination provision.
A Nov. 26 court order modified the original probation order to allow Callahan to pay an additional $750 to Manatee County in lieu of 75 hours of community work.







