Earlier this month we coated the Lake Erie Ohio Walleye Match dishonest scandal, whereby a staff of two anglers at a Lake Erie Walleye Path (LEWT) fishing occasion had been caught dishonest. The 2 males, Jacob Runyan, 42, and Chase Cominsky, 35, used a number of 12oz lead weights, chunks of different walleyes, and different odds and ends to pad their 5 fish bag to 33lbs. If the pair had received the event, they’d have acquired a complete prize of $28,760. Whereas they escaped bodily unhurt from the event, that doesn’t imply they received away scot-free.
The 2 fishermen Jacob Runyan, 42, and Chase Cominsky, 35, had been indicted in Cleveland this week on felony prices of dishonest, tried grand theft, possessing legal instruments, and misdemeanor prices of unlawfully proudly owning wild animals. The 2 males are dealing with as much as a yr in jail and a $2500 fantastic on every of the three felonies. The misdemeanor cost is punishable by as much as 30 days in jail and a $250 fantastic.
“I take all crime very significantly, and I imagine what these two people tried to do was not solely dishonorable but in addition legal”, mentioned Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley. “I want to formally thank the officers with the Ohio Division of Pure Sources, the Hermitage Pennsylvania Police Division, the Mercer County District Legal professional’s Workplace, and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Fee for his or her fast actions and their execution of a search warrant ensuing within the seizure of legal instruments, together with Defendant Cominsky’s boat and trailer.”
Together with these prices, authorities executed a search warrant at Cominsky’s residence on Tuesday, October 11, and seized Chase Cominsky’s boat and trailer. The seized boat was used throughout the fishing event and is now within the possession Ohio Division of Pure Sources. These two cheats weren’t capable of escape justice this time and are dealing with as much as 3 years and a month of jail time together with as much as $7750 fines, together with shedding their boat. Whereas nothing has been mentioned but, greater than possible the 2 males could have the remainder of their fishing gear seized together with being banned from fishing in state waters.
