A Louisiana volunteer police officer was arrested Saturday night after allegedly drunkenly stealing a patrol boat and taking it for a joy ride that ended when he crashed into a riverside bar and grill. Danny Eckhart was intoxicated, his former co-workers in St. Tammany Parish say, when he took the vessel out on the Tchefuncte River and smashed it into pilings outside the T-Rivers Bar in Madisonville. No one was injured in the crash. However, Eckhart faces charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Accused: Volunteer St. Tammany Parish cop Danny Eckhart is accused of drunkenly taking a police patrol boat for a joy ride and then crashing it into a riverside bar . He also did an unknown amount of damage to the patrol boat when authorities say he took it out 'while not acting in any official capacity,' said spokesman Capt. George Bonnett on Sunday. Police did not release his age, work history or blood alcohol level at the time of his arrest to the The Times-Picayune. Eckhart was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail and later released on $7,500 bond. Bonnett told the Times-Picayune that restitution for damages to the boat will be pursued in court. Decommissioned: Police say Eckhart damaged the water craft when he crashed it into T-Rivers bar and Grill in Madisonville. He was arrested and stripped of his commission .
Danny Eckhart, a reserve officer from St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana, was arrested Saturday and stripped of his commission .
Authorities say he drunkenly took a patrol boat out on the Tchefuncte River then crashed it into T-River bar and restaurant .
St. Tammany Parish police say he was not on duty. He's been charged with unauthorized use of a movable and operating a vehicle while intoxicated .