The two Ohio fishermen who left the sports activities world surprised after allegedly stuffing fish with weights throughout a event pled not responsible to a number of prices on Wednesday.
42-year-old Jacob Runyan and 35-year-old Chase Cominsky have been indicted by a grand jury earlier this month on felony prices of dishonest, tried grand theft and possessing felony instruments … in addition to misdemeanor illegal possession of untamed animals.
Both anglers appeared in a Cleveland court docket on Wednesday … however neither spoke.
Runyan, a local of Ohio, and Cominsky, a local of Pennsylvania, have been on the verge of profitable $28,760 for the 2 seven-pound walleyes fish they caught in the course of the Lake Erie occasion in September.
The downside … officers have been suspicious of Runyan’s and Cominsky’s haul — and as soon as they lower the fish open, they seen they contained weights and different fish filets inside.
Both Runyan and Cominsky had been suspected of dishonest in previous tournaments, although there was by no means sufficient proof to nab the 2.
Fans on the occasion have been pissed off … and insisted that the honchos in cost file a police report towards each males.
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Both have been launched Wednesday on private bonds of $2,500.