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Two men embroiled in Lake Erie fishing tournament scandal enter pleas to charges

 

Two fishermen wrapped up in a scandal stemming from a tournament on Lake Erie late last month pleaded not guilty to cheating and other charges on Wednesday.

 

Jacob Runyan, 42, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 35, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, made no comments during their brief court appearances in Cleveland, Ohio. Their attorney declined to comment about the case after the hearing.

 

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The anglers’ trial was set to begin on Monday, but as Cleveland.com reported, their attorneys and prosecutors agreed to a last-minute deal to avert the procedure. More than 30 witnesses were set to testify for prosecutors, who will recommend that Runyan and Cominsky face six months of probation in lieu of prison. So long as Runyan and Cominsky stay out of trouble, their convictions can be expunged from their records. The duo, however, will face multiyear suspensions of their fishing licenses, and they’ll need to forfeit a bass boat worth about $100,000 to state authorities.

 

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CHEATING ANGLERS JAILED 10 DAYS FOR LAKE ERIE WALLEYE SCAM

 

The two fishermen caught cheating in the Lake Erie Walleye Trail Tournament by inflating the weight of fish are headed to jail.

 

On Thursday, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Steven Gall sentenced Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky to 10 days in the local jail. They also face $2,500 in fines and additional time behind bars if they violate probation.

 

In March, Runyan and Cominsky cut plea deals with prosecutors; in exchange for pleading guilty to a felony charge for cheating in a competition and a misdemeanor for unlawful ownership of wild animals, three other felonies and a misdemeanor were dropped. The deals also called for three-year suspensions of their fishing licenses and forfeiture of a bass boat worth $100,000.

 

Runyan and Cominsky initially appeared to win the $28,000 prize when the total weight of their fish surpassed those of more than 60 other two-person teams. But their fish were bulging in ways that seemed odd and suspicious. When a tournament official cut one of the fish open, weights and flesh from other fish poured out.

 

Jail for sports cheaters is exceedingly rare and—unlike with Runyan and Cominsky—usually involves accompanying ties to organized crime or illegal gambling.

 

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Hermitage fisherman who cheated in tournament, now accused of poaching deer

 

A Hermitage man convicted of cheating in a fishing tournament is now accused of poaching deer in Pennsylvania.

 

Thirty-six-year-old Chase Cominsky made news headlines and became a target on social media a year ago after he and an Ohio man angered fellow anglers after a video circulated showing officials of a Lake Erie fishing tournament discovering that the two had put lead weights in their catch hoping to win some lucrative prizes.

 

Both were sentenced to ten days in jail, fined, and had their fishing licenses suspended.

 

This past Monday, a Pennsylvania Game Warden assigned to Mercer County filed eight charges against Cominsky alleging that between 2013 and 2021, he harvested several white-tailed deer out of season and without a valid license.

 

Authorities searched Cominsky’s Keel Ridge Road home in April, seizing three mounted trophy class antlered deer heads labeled with his wife’s “kill tags”.

 

Although licensed, Cominsky’s wife told game officials she never killed a deer, claiming that her husband brought down the animals using guns or crossbows.

 

According to a criminal complaint, Cominsky’s hunting license had been suspended from 2008 through 2021 for multiple game law violations.

 

Cominsky is scheduled to appear before a district magistrate on November 14 to answer charges that include taking big game out of season, failure to attach a tag to big game, and lending a kill tag.

 

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