Discarded Boat Dumped a Second Time

A boat that was found dumped on the side of Chapel Road in Mattapoisett on Wednesday, January 20, has again turned up – dumped on the side of the road in Freetown near the Freetown State Forest on Sunday, January 24.

The Wareham Harbormaster Department had been informing the public of emerging details on its Facebook page about the suspicious sight of a car headed down Route 6 toward Marion pulling a blue and white boat in a trailer in the middle of winter, an unusual site, said Harbormaster Gary Buckminster, but no cause for alarm – until it was reported as having been illegally dumped in Mattapoisett.

The Wareham Harbormaster Department then put out a call for the public to help identify the person driving the car described as an old Crown Victoria or Mercury Grand Marquis.

One Facebook user posted that he had seen the boat on Craigslist advertised as a free boat available.

It wasn’t long before Wareham was congratulating the Mattapoisett Police for tracking down the owner of the boat and calling him down to haul the boat away.

On January 24, Mattapoisett Police Chief Mary Lyons said, “He claimed that he had a trailer problem,” said Lyons, “of course, we know that wasn’t true, since he drove off with the trailer.”

The man who obtained the older model Glastron is Jay Podesky, according to the police report Chief Lyons told The Wanderer on Monday. She said that on Thursday, January 21, Podesky was informed that if he came to retrieve the abandoned boat by 2:00 pm that afternoon, no criminal charges would be filed. Podesky retrieved the boat and left.

Late night on January 24, the Wareham Harbormaster Department posted another curious announcement that the same boat has again been found, dumped on the side of the road in Freetown.

“We cannot believe that we are bringing you this story again,” read the Facebook post. “A blatant disrespect to public property and a repeat offense of illegal dumping which started in Mattapoisett and now made it to Freetown.”

The Wareham harbormaster identified the boat as the same one Podesky abandoned Wednesday night.

The Wareham harbormaster did not respond to a voicemail asking for comment.

A Facebook user said he was driving up Copicut Road and saw an older 1970s or 80s Mercedes towing a boat trailer.

The Massachusetts Environmental Police have been notified of the latest incident and are investigating.

By Jean Perry

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