The two guys who were caught stuffing their prized catches with weights to try to win a Lake Erie fishing tournament last October will now have to spend time behind bars over their cheating ways...

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According to court records, 43-year-old Jacob Runyan and 36-year-old Chase Cominsky showed up in court to learn their fate at a sentencing hearing in Ohio on Thursday.

Records show that both men were sentenced to 10 days in jail during the proceedings. A judge ruled they would also have to serve 1 1/2 years of probation -- and each was ordered to pay big fines as well.

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ncinthenext3•13 months

The payout was almost 30K in the tourney theu got caught in. They had won many of those tourneys previously and won the prize money and even a fishing boat. Sounds like they got off easy.

roguetiger15•13 months

These tournaments have big payouts so I’m assuming what they did was fraud and possibly felony fraud

B1rdman15•13 months

“ one in which they each agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of cheating and one misdemeanor count of illegal animal ownership in exchange for officials dropping the other two charges against them.”

Quite literally in the article you didn’t click.

ThatTahoeOverThere•13 months

Why is there a bull dolphin in the thumbnail

GumboPot•13 months

The story is about stuffing Walleyes but the thumbnail to click on this story shows a saltwater Mahi Mahi. LOL.

TFH•13 months

As opposed to a freshwater Mahi Mahi?

Purple Spoon•13 months

One of them was busted passing fake money shortly after this. Real sleezy guys

BabyTac•13 months

Show me a bass tournament, and I’ll show you a bunch of cheaters in NASCAR jerseys.

deltaland•13 months

My dad won one a long time ago by parking the boat on the shore and having his buddy pick him up and go to a creek 10 min away where they always caught bass off the road and caught 5 good ones and took them back to the lake lol

DoubleDown•13 months

Damn, that’s more than most murderers get in this country. Amazing.

mmtiger•13 months

the guy with the shades - so much raw pride and hypocrisy.

kciDAtaE•13 months

Waste of resources

VoxDawg•13 months

Glad to see OH using their justice system to its fullest to prosecute the real crimes.

jbird7•13 months

I understand that’s cheating but is that really worthy of jail time and probation?

MCYNitro•13 months

I agree they should serve jail time for this. They committed a crime and the biggest sin that could possibly happen in tournament fishing. They should get jail time for that. Kill someone in NYC and you get out the next day and never stand trial. This world is upside down.

ALhunter•13 months

It's the cash prizes.

BIGJLAW•13 months

Found the guy who hunts at night, LOL.

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