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Yahoo Sports reports:
After Jacob Runyan, 42, of Ashtabula, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 35, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, were accused of cheating during a fishing tournament on Lake Erie, a Cleveland grand jury indicted them on fifth-degree felony charges of cheating, attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools. In addition, the two have been served with the first-degree misdemeanor charge of unlawful ownership of wild animals.
The duo had been on a remarkable — and, to many other anglers, highly suspicious — winning streak for several months, winning multiple tournaments on Lake Erie and along the way amassing hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money and awards. When the pair’s fish were cut open to reveal weights and fillets, other anglers erupted in rage that was caught on cellphone video and spread across the internet.
Read the full article. My first report on the incident is here.
Serious Controversy in Pro fishing tournament as multiple-time winners caught stuffing lead weights and other fish filets in their fish to have the heaviest catch to win hundreds of thousands in prizes. pic.twitter.com/Sxqeo2XC0K
— Billy (@Billyhottakes) October 1, 2022
Jacob Runyan & Chase Cominsky charged with cheating, grand theft, possessing criminal tools, & unlawful ownership of wild animals: after ‘cheating in walleye tournament by stuffing their catch with weights’ a ploy to win thousands in Ohio fishing contest.https://t.co/EOE1RfTm5H
— Vic DeGrammont (@votedegrammont) October 13, 2022
The cheating allegations surfaced when a tournament director became suspicious of the weight of the fish caught in the tournament. https://t.co/amFebkFyOs
— WTAP Television (@wtaptelevision) October 12, 2022