Attorneys for a Brunswick man charged with damaging the River Queen on March 11 waived his case to Superior Court on Tuesday.
William Tyler Cole, 26, is charged with criminal damage to property for damaging equipment on the boat’s wheelhouse while it was docked along Rousakis Plaza.
Defense attorney Steven Sparger, who represents Cole along with Brunswick attorney Jason Clark, told Chatham County Recorder’s Court Judge Pro Tem Willie Yancey II he would waive the charge to trial court.
The move eliminated the need for a scheduled preliminary heating. Cole will remain in the Chatham County jail.
Passing cab driver Tim Irish heard a commotion along Rousakis Plaza early March 11. As he swung a flashlight around the area, he saw a shirtless man yelling atop the uppermost deck of a boat.
Cole broke an antenna, damaged other communications equipment and threw a trash can from the River Queen, witnesses said.
He told officers “the boat had angered him because of the way it was looking at him.”
Damage to the boat was estimated at about $20,000.