Cheaters caught again.

Big smile here......hung by the thumbs comes to mind.



Arnie

Nail their scrotums to a stump and flip them over backwards!!

I just heard they've been indicted for 3 felonies and one misdemeanor. Let's just hope they aren't allowed to plead it down much.

Outstanding!!

Great to hear these guys might have to answer for their cheating ways.
Must be tough for them looking in the face of family and friends.
I don’t feel sorry for them one bit.

What did the stump do to deserve this kind of treatment?

Been a while since I stop by. Hope you all mother fishers doing well!

Not going to bother and jump into what these guys did….

But now that pre-fishing and keeping fish in laundry baskets been done and stuffing lead weights in fish is checked off. Can someone help me figure out how I can stretch a 18 inch pike to like 40 inches so I can win the golden pike tourney!

What did the stump do to deserve this kind of treatment?

🤣

I just got back few days ago


this is sickening........lock em up.......it;s fraud

Raid DB's fish well while he goes for a whizz....before weigh in.

Arnie

The latest video that I've seen so far.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N811chWhcVA

It's fraud for sure - and pathetic.

But so is the justice system.

I bet they will just plead not guilty and claim someone framed them.

Without definitive proof it's their word against.....nobody's really.

"No idea how those got there - someone must want to make us look bad - stuffed em when we werent looking"

BS but......what else can they say to try and "be innocent"?

Makes a mockery of things.

Pretty sad but I wonder if any charges will actually stick.

Let's hope so.

The two men in this incident decided to take a plea deal instead of going to trial. Prosecutors recommended six months probation, and they lose their fishing licenses for three years. Also the forfeit of the boat used in the crime. The boat is said to be valued at over $100,000. Hopefully the judge is harder on them during the sentencing hearing in May. Sometimes those judges really go off on stupid criminals that try and enter plea deals. I would think a lifetime ban on fishing, as well as losing all their equipment and the boat. I am not finished yet......90 days in jail and 2 years probation, including some very impressive restrictions. That would be the sentence if a fish was the judge.

2 fishermen caught cheating at Ohio tournament plead guilty
Mar 27, 2023 The Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — Two men accused of stuffing fish with lead weights and fish fillets in an attempt to win thousands of dollars in an Ohio fishing tournament last fall pleaded guilty Monday to charges including cheating.

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

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

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As part of a plea deal, Runyan and Cominsky pleaded guilty 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.

Prosecutors agreed to drop attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools charges.

Both men are scheduled to be sentenced May 11. Prosecutors plan to recommend a sentence of six months’ probation and later ask for an expungement of their convictions if they successfully complete their probation, said James Gallagher, an assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor.

The plea is Cominsky’s first step toward moving on with his life and taking full responsibility, said his attorney, Kevin Spellacy. A message seeking comment was left with Runyan’s attorney.

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.

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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.