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Suspect in fatal boat wreck waives first court appearance
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The man charged in the deaths of two Buford boys after a June 18 boating accident on Lake Lanier waived his first court appearance for the charges today in Hall County Magistrate court. Paul J. Bennett, 44, of Cumming, was indicted last week by a Hall County grand jury. He is charged with eight counts of homicide by vessel in the first degree, two counts of boating under the influence of alcohol, two counts of reckless operation of a vessel and violation of duty to render assistance and identity vessel and self.