Police Discover Owner of Mystery Motorboat at Forge Pond

June 16, 10:36 a.m. – Connell Drive residents were upset with several illegally parked vehicles, many of which were placed in locations where orange traffic cones had been placed to enforce a parking ban in the area due to the Strawberry Festival.

Twelve vehicles received tickets.

June 17, 2:30 p.m. – A person on Groton Road called police after spotting a woman who had been parked behind his office building for six hours with a dog.

Upon further inspection, the woman had been there looking for another dog that belonged to her grandmother she was attempting to find. The grandmother’s dog, a boxer, had last been seen in that area and she was hoping the boxer would return.

The person in the office was notified.

September 3, 4:19 p.m. – Eugene Bernstein, 19, of 9 Robinwood Circle in Westford was arrested for alleged domestic assault and battery and intimidation of a witness.

September 3, 8:01 p.m. – Police received a report of a suspicious person outside of Ace Hardware on Groton Road, but after further investigation, that individual was just waiting for a ride home.

September 5, 11:29 a.m. – An officer was dispatched to Forge Pond after a neighbor reported an abandoned motor boat near his property.

The officer spotted the vehicle tied to a tree, a 25-year-old in-board engine motorboard with an expired 2009 Maine registry.

After searching the area for the owner, the officer boarded the boat to see if anyone was inside and looked for more information on the owner of the boat, eventually finding the owner’s name and contact information.

Dispatch was able to get the owner of the boat in contact with the officer, who alleged the boat had either broken down or was out of fuel and that he could not retrieve the boat until later in the evening.

The officer informed the boat owner he would receive a follow up from Massachusetts Environmental Police, and then the officer called the Maine Environmental Police to confirm the boat’s expired registration prior to giving the information from his investigation to Massachusetts Environmental Police.