Skipper 'decked' in fishing-trip flip-out

Posted by 65.216.254.226 brandsxb on January 27, 2010 at 11:02:56:

Dec. 1st, 2009

A Brooklyn fishing trip turned ugly this past weekend
when the captain had to put down a mutiny by a
passenger who went off the deep end, police sources
said.
Capt. Steven Ventura, 42, of Mill Basin, and his 15
passengers were cruising roughly two miles off Coney
Island's coast around 11:20 p.m. Saturday when he
noticed that all the sinkers from their fishing lines
were missing.
He spotted one of the passengers -- identified by
police sources as Joseph Neuer, 38, of the Upper East
Side -- at the side of the boat, allegedly cutting them
off and stuffing them into his pocket.

Ventura confronted Neuer, who allegedly reacted by
swinging a knife.
Neuer didn't stab Ventura, but then tried to clock him
while clutching a fistful of the metal sinkers, the
sources said.
After Ventura dodged the punch and slugged him, Neuer
allegedly sprayed the stunned captain with Mace.
Another passenger then helped Ventura subdue Neuer, who
briefly broke free and punched the captain in the jaw,
according to the sources.
Ventura and the passenger were then finally able to
hold Neuer down and duct-tape his legs.
Ventura operates the popular Sea Queen VII out of
Sheepshead Bay.
Police arrested Neuer when the boat returned ashore
around 12:15 a.m. Sunday and charged him with third-
degree assault, menacing, harassment and larceny.

Our lead sinkers that valuable??

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