Pro Fishermen Arrested & Charged In WILD Alleged Cheating Scheme Involving Lead Weights!

Two skilled fisherman have been accused of stuffing their fish with lead weights and different filets of fish with a purpose to win competitions — and now, the police are coming after them!

Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky had been indicted in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday on costs of fraud and theft. The pair is dealing with bombshell allegations of deceit after allegedly including international objects inside their fishing match catches with a purpose to win prizes and cash. Sure, actually!!

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This entire factor began again on September 30. That day, the 42-year-old Runyan and the 35-year-old Cominsky had been competing within the Lake Erie Walleye Path fishing match collectively. Once they introduced of their walleye catch for the judges to weigh on the finish of the match, officers grew to become suspicious in regards to the ensuing quantity.

Match director Jason Fischer (who’s completely named for his function!) put their fish on the dimensions. He discovered Runyan and Cominski’s catches had been considerably heavier than different fishermen who caught the same variety of fish. Skeptical in regards to the a lot larger weight, which might have been adequate to win the tourney, Fischer minimize open the fish. And the s**t present started!

Match attendees and different rivals gathered round as Fischer discovered lead weights and filets of store-bought walleye stuffed inside the 2 mens’ catch! Simply BLATANT dishonest!!! And it was all caught on video!

A TikTok video in regards to the incident that was first posted two weeks in the past has gone mega-viral. In it, different males crowd across the choose’s stand and yell angrily at Runyan and Cominsky after the lead weights and filets are revealed. As you may see (beneath), expletives fly as disbelief hangs over the gang concerning the loopy dishonest:

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Cheaters don’t win and winners don’t cheat.#walleyefishing #fishing #EndlessJourney #fishingtiktoks #fish

♬ unique sound – Capt. Troy Krause

And extra from the stunning reveal in entrance of the fishermen themselves:

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♬ unique sound – Capt. Troy Krause

OMG!!!

Now, the implications are coming quick. Wednesday’s indictment marks regulation enforcement’s deal with the incident. It might appear unusual — it’s only a fishing match, proper? — however there’s severe cash on the road right here. CBS Information studies Runyan and Cominsky would have received practically $30,000 in prizes had they not gotten caught. So the fraud allegations are severe!

The 2 males have formally been charged with dishonest, tried grand theft, possessing legal instruments, and misdemeanor costs of unlawfully proudly owning wild animals. The Ohio Division of Pure Assets has since confiscated their catch as proof. Search warrant affidavits word that 5 walleye confiscated from the boys allegedly contained eight 12-ounce lead weights and two 8-ounce weights together with a number of fish filets.

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Tony Krause, the fisherman who first uploaded that viral video to TikTok, spoke to NBC Information about it:

“I feel they simply received carried away they usually lastly received caught, which is nice.”

Krause’s remark in regards to the pair “lastly” getting caught ought to get your consideration. As a result of some within the professional fishing group are suspicious Runyan and Cominski have accomplished this earlier than!!

In keeping with these new arrest affidavits, Runyan and Cominsky had been investigated by police in Rossford, Ohio again in April after being accused of dishonest at a separate walleye match there! CBS Information studies {that a} native prosecutor in that northwest Ohio metropolis in the end didn’t press costs, concluding that “though the boys might have cheated, there was not sufficient proof to cost them.”

Jeez…

If solely they knew then what these Cleveland prosecutors imagine they know now! Reacting to the media consideration to this wild story, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley launched an announcement to the press alongside the announcement of costs in opposition to Runyan and Cominsky: