The county prosecutor's workplace in Cleveland has opened an investigation into allegations of dishonest throughout a profitable walleye fishing event on Lake Erie final week.
A video [Warning: the linked video contains graphic language] posted to Twitter reveals Jason Fischer, event director for the Lake Erie Walleye Path, chopping open the profitable catch of 5 walleye on Friday and discovering lead weights and ready fish filets inside them.
The profitable anglers, Jacob Runyan, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, have been instantly disqualified.
The dramatic footage confirmed an more and more outraged crowd gathering across the contestants, accusing them of dishonest in earlier tournaments as effectively and threatening to name the cops, saying that the 2 males had basically stolen hundreds of dollars from different rivals.
Fischer informed WOIO-TV that he reduce the fish open as a result of they appeared heavier than typical walleye of that size.
A spokesperson for the Ohio Division of Pure Assets stated Monday that the company's officers gathered proof from the event and have been making ready a report for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Workplace.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley stated his workers shall be assembly with the company's officers Tuesday.
"I take all crime critically, together with tried felony theft at a fishing event," O'Malley stated. "These people shall be held accountable."
Messages looking for remark have been left Monday for Runyan, Cominsky and Fischer.
In a Fb submit following the event, Fischer apologized for the dishonest scandal.
"Disgusted guys and gals, I am sorry for letting you down for thus lengthy and I am glad I caught dishonest going down in YOUR LEWT [Lake Erie Walleye Trail] on the identical time," he wrote.
"I hope you recognize now that once I say 'you constructed this LEWT and I'll defend its integrity in any respect prices', I imply it. You all deserve one of the best," Fischer added.