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- May 11, 202390% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Walleye Tournament Cheaters Sentenced to 10 Days in Jail and Lose Their Boat
- Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky were sentenced to 10 days' local incarceration and one and a half years' community control for cheating at the Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament of 30 September 2022[1]
- They received the maximum fishing licence suspension, three years under Ohio law, and a $2,500 fine, part of which may go to a children's fishing charity[1]
- They forfeited Cominsky's tournament boat, which the prosecutor valued at about $130,000 (AP reported $100,000)[1][3]
- Prosecutor Michael C. O'Malley called them 'thieves and now ... convicted felons' and said they should be banned from every fishing tournament for life[1]
- Before Judge Steven Gall, Cominsky said 'It's something I wish I could say didn't happen'; Runyan called it 'the most ignorant decision I've ever made in my life'[2]
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- [1]90%ccprosecutor.us/comsinky-runyan-sentenced-max-suspended-10-daysccprosecutor.us· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts May 11, 2023 ✓· 50% of score
The prosecutor's release is dated 11 May 2023, the sentencing date set at the plea ('They will be sentenced on May 11'); NBC News[3] reported the pair were 'sentenced Thursday' (11 May 2023).
- [2]70%Lake Erie Walleye Trail cheating scandalen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 50% of score
At sentencing before Common Pleas Judge Steven Gall both men expressed remorse; the forfeited boat was later auctioned by the state.[1]
- [3]80%2 fishermen caught cheating at Ohio tournament sentenced to 10-day jail terms and forfeit of $100k boatnbcnews.com· Published May 12, 2023· 0% of score
AP report: the two men who admitted stuffing fish with lead weights and fillets 'were sentenced Thursday to ten-day jail terms and other penalties, including the forfeiture of a boat valued at $100,000'.[1]
- [4]75%Two Fishermen Plead Guilty for Cheatingccprosecutor.us· Published Mar 27, 2023· 0% of score
The plea release set sentencing: 'They will be sentenced on May 11.'[1]
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