great story - Man jailed for weighting fish in tournament

Posted by 65.216.254.226 fishface on April 23, 2010 at 12:54:08:

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • APRIL 15, 2010

DALLAS, Tx. — A suburban Dallas man must serve 15 days
in jail after admitting to stuffing a lead weight into
a bass he caught during a fishing tournament.

A Texas Parks and Wildlife Department spokesman tells
The Dallas Morning News that Robby Rose must also
surrender his fishing license. That's after the 45-
year-old Garland man pleaded guilty to felony attempted
theft after admitting to rigging his fish.

The felony charge relates to the bass boat Rose hoped
to win with the rigged fish at a bass-fishing
tournament on Lake Ray Hubbard last October.

Rockwall County District Attorney Kenda Culpepper tells
the newspaper that her office considered the issue one
of a $55,000 bass boat, not a 10-pound fish.

The newspaper reports fishing contest officials became
suspicious after feeling a lump inside the fish and
confronted Rose.

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