10 days in jail, forfeiture of the boat, and 1 1/2 years of probation. They got spanked pretty good.
Rather harsh. Make restitution to the tournaments you cheated and lose your boat. No need to ruin their lives with felony convictions. Just my opinion.
Rather harsh. Make restitution to the tournaments you cheated and lose your boat. No need to ruin their lives with felony convictions. Just my opinion.
I agree 100%. Yes they brought it upon themselves but they have been humiliated enough.
It dies send a clear message though.
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And then some.
As compared to Hot Tuna that got a 13K fine for KNOWINGLY keeping an out of season bluefin. It's apples and oranges but still the punishment doesn't fit the crime.
Buddy of mine won the LIF dreamboat after 4 guys before him failed the polygraph. Won it with a 4lb flounder caught at Jones Beach CG station.....go figure!
Didn't someone claim they caught the world record fluke a few years back only to learn it wasn't legit? Caught on a dragger.......
We ran the Triple Crown of Fishing from NJ to NH. Flute, bass and blues. There was a new boat ama 30k in prize money. We had thousands of people enter. Only one time over 4 years did the first winner pass. Then I wouldn't pay a guy in NH for failing. Little did I know he was plugged in and had the entries series kicked out of NH. That's when I got out.
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