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Nicholas Vega, 19, of 45 Webb Ave., and Katheryne Torres, 18, of 68 Congress St., were each charged with third-degree criminal trespass and third-degree attempt to commit larceny.
Police said they received a call shortly after midnight that two intoxicated people were going from boat to boat at the dock. When officers arrived, they discovered two people were attempting to paddle a Boston Whaler away from the dock with just their hands, police said.
Officers "told the two parties to reverse course and bring it back in," Sgt. Kelly Connelly said. "They continued attempting unsuccessfully to paddle away, but they quickly gave up the attempt."
An officer pulled the boat back to the dock, police said. The couple said the boat belonged to Vega's father and said they had permission to use it, police said.
However, they couldn't explain why they didn't start the boat's outboard motor or say what they were planning to do with the boat, Connelly said.
They also didn't explain how they were able to access the boat, which is located behind a chain fence that has a locked gate entry, police said.
Vega continued to say the boat belonged to his father, and the officer drove the couple to the 45 Webb Ave. address to verify the story, police said. Vega directed them to a home with no lights on and no one answering the door, police said.
Vega continued to insist it was his home even though he didn't have a key, police said. An officer noticed that the address was actually 29 Webb Ave., which Vega said was an old number, police said.
The officers drove to the proper address, police said. As they approached the home, Vega became upset and told officers that it was not his home and to go to a neighboring home, police said.
Officers went to 45 Webb Ave., where a number of people were waiting, including Vega's father. Vega wasn't in a talking mood as they stopped, police said.
"I don't want to talk to them because they don't like me," Vega told police. While he didn't talk, his father told police he didn't own a boat and neither did anyone in his family.
As police arrested Vega, Torres offered herself to be arrested as well. "You might as well take me, too," she told police.
As he was being processed, Vega said, "Now I'm going to go to prison for 10 years aren't I? " Connelly said.
The boat is owned by a pair of city residents.
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