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Re: 2 fishermen caught cheating at Ohio tournament sentenced to 10-day jail terms and forfeit of $100k boat

From Monica Blewbilski <sluts@ejcarroll.com>
References <se4im0$k7f$1@dont-email.me> <srl04s$71fj$15@news.freedyn.de>
Subject Re: 2 fishermen caught cheating at Ohio tournament sentenced to 10-day jail terms and forfeit of $100k boat
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Date 2023-05-13 23:54 +0200
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On 11 Jan 2022, Iobaties <Ich8@yahoo.com> posted some
news:srl04s$71fj$15@news.freedyn.de: 

> Vance wrote
> 
>> Hahahahaha!  Had to be some fucking Biden voting Democrats.  Nobody
>> else would be that damned stupid. 

CLEVELAND — Two men who admitted stuffing fish with lead weights and fish 
fillets in an attempt to win thousands of dollars in an Ohio fishing 
tournament last fall were sentenced Thursday to ten-day jail terms and 
other penalties, including the forfeiture of a boat valued at $100,000.

The cheating allegations surfaced in September when Jason Fischer, Lake 
Erie Walleye Trail tournament director, became suspicious of the fish 
turned in by Jacob Runyan, 43, of Ashtabula, Ohio; and Chase Cominsky, 36, 
of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, were significantly heavier than typical 
walleye.

A crowd of people at Gordon Park in Cleveland watched as Fischer cut the 
freshwater fish open, and found weights and walleye fillets stuffed 
inside.

As part of a plea deal, Runyan and Cominsky pleaded guilty in March to 
cheating and unlawful ownership of wild animals — and agreed to three-year 
suspensions of their fishing licenses. Cominsky also agreed to give up his 
bass boat worth $100,000.

Once the pair complete their county jail terms, they will serve a year and 
a half on probation and must each pay a $2,500 fine — though half the fine 
will be waived if they each make a $1,250 donation to a nonprofit 
organization that promotes fishing with children. If they violate their 
probation, they could face an additional 30-day county jail sentence.

According to search warrant affidavits, five walleye contained lead 
weights and fillets. Officers from the Ohio Department of Natural 
Resources confiscated the fish as evidence.

They would have received a little over $28,000 in prizes for winning the 
tournament.

Court records also said that Runyan and Cominsky were investigated near 
Toledo in the spring of 2022 after being accused of cheating in a 
different walleye tournament. According to a police report, a prosecutor 
concluded that although the men may have cheated, there was not enough 
evidence to charge them.

<https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-fishermen-caught-cheating-ohio-
tournament-sentenced-10-day-jail-term-rcna84141>

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Re: 2 fishermen caught cheating at Ohio tournament sentenced to 10-day jail terms and forfeit of $100k boat Monica Blewbilski <sluts@ejcarroll.com> - 2023-05-13 23:54 +0200

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