Shrewsbury officer allegedly bitten throughout seek for lacking jet skis

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A Millbury man allegedly attacked police with their very own taser and bit an officer throughout an early morning incident on a ship.

A Millbury man allegedly bit a Shrewsbury police officer throughout an investigation into lacking jet skis on Lake Quinsigamond Sunday. 

At about 2:18 a.m., police acquired a name from a Worcester resident who reported that two jet skis had been stolen from his dock on the lake. The caller advised police he noticed a suspect in a ship someplace close to Norcross Level in Shrewsbury, and that the jet skis have been tied to the aspect of the boat, Shrewsbury police mentioned in a Fb post. 

Officers searched the lake in a police boat and got here throughout Lukasz Knutelski, 45, on a ship close to Bay View Drive and Canna Drive. 

As quickly as officers approached the boat, Knutelski started appearing “erratically,” police mentioned. He allegedly yelled at them and ordered a canine onboard to assault the officers. One officer used his taser, however Knutelski was capable of achieve management of the machine throughout a wrestle after which attacked the officer with it, in response to police.

At one level, Knutelski allegedly grabbed an object and pointed it at officers, falsely stating that it was a gun. He additionally bit an officer throughout the incident, police mentioned. 

He was ultimately subdued and brought into custody on the boat. One officer was evaluated at UMass Memorial Medical Heart for accidents. 

Knutelski faces fees of driving a ship whereas intoxicated, making an attempt to disarm a police officer, aggravated assault, assault with a harmful weapon, assault and battery on a police officer, and resisting arrest. 

The Worcester Police Division is following up and investigating the report of the stolen jet skis.