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Nick Selbe

Fishing Tournament Duo Receives Jail Sentences After Pleading Guilty to Cheating

At long last, the notorious Lake Erie fishing tournament scandal has reached its conclusion.

More than six weeks after Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky pled guilty to a felony charge of cheating and a misdemeanor for unlawful ownership of wild animals, the duo was sentenced on Thursday at a Cuyahoga County court to 10 days in jail and 1 1/2 years probation, according to USA TODAY‘s Steve Gardner.

Judge Steven Gall also ordered the men to each pay a $2,500 fine, while felony charges of attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools were dropped.

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