SHREWSBURY – A Millbury man faces charges after he allegedly assaulted Shrewsbury officers while they were investigating a report of stolen jet skis.
The Shrewsbury Police Department received a call on Aug. 27 at 2:18 a.m. from a Worcester resident that two jet skis were stolen from the dock of his residence on Lake Quinsigamond. The caller told officers that he saw the suspect – later identified as Lukasz Knutelski, 45, of Millbury – in a boat near Norcross Point and the jet skis were tied to the side of the boat.
According to a press release from the department, two officers launched the police boat and located the suspect between Bay View Drive and Canna Drive.
Police said when they approached and tried to board Knutelski’s boat, he “began acting erratically, yelling, and became assaultive towards the officers, including ordering a dog on board to attack the officers.”
One of the officers deployed a taser to try to subdue Knutelski. According to police, Knutelski was able to gain control of a taser during a struggle and used it to attack an officer.
Police said he also grabbed an item and said it was a gun, which it wasn’t, and bit an officer.
One of the Shrewsbury officers was evaluated at a hospital for injuries.
Knutelski was charged with OUI liquor on a boat, attempting to disarm a police officer (taser), aggravated assault, assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon.
According to police, the Worcester Police Department is investigating the stolen jet skis.
