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A 43-year-old Bettendorf man is facing felony charges after police say he stole a boat and floated down river into the Interstate 74 construction area while naked and untied several ropes that held together the barges Sunday.

Tobias Tyrone Hartsfield, last known address in the 2200 block of Grant Street, was booked into the Scott County Jail around 9:30 p.m. on charges of first-degree theft, first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree mischief.

At 8 p.m. Sunday, Bettendorf police responded to the I-74 Mississippi River Bridge project barges near the Isle of Capri Casino, 1777 Isle Parkway, for a report of a naked male who had jumped from a boat onto the barges and was unhooking the ropes that hold them together.

Police allege in arrest affidavits filed in Scott County District Court that Hartsfield stole a 1985 Marinette cabin motorboat from the Isle Marina and floated it down river, where the boat struck and came to rest against the bridge project barges.

The boat sustained damages of between $1,500 and $10,000.