Pair of anglers embroiled in Lake Erie fishing cheating controversy indicted on felony charges

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Two fishermen who were kicked out of a Lake Erie walleye tournament late last month and ignited a cheating scandal have been charged with felonies.

Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominski were indicted in Cleveland on felony charges of cheating, attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor charges of unlawfully owning wild animals. The two are scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 26.

Neither Runyan, 42, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, nor Cominski, 35, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, commented on the charges.

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A male walleye from Lake Pueblo State Park caught during the annual Colorado Parks and Wildlife walleye spawn operation March 22, 2018. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

"I take all crime very seriously, and I believe what these two individuals attempted to do was not only dishonorable but also criminal," Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said in a statement.

"I would like to formally thank the officers with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Hermitage, Pennsylvania, Police Department, the Mercer County District Attorney’s Office and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for their quick actions and their execution of a search warrant resulting in the seizure of criminal tools, including defendant Cominsky’s boat and trailer."

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The incident occurred Sept. 30 during a lucrative walleye fishing tournament on Lake Erie. A video posted to Twitter showed Jason Fischer, the tournament director for the Lake Erie Walleye Trail, cutting open the five fish that won the tournament and finding lead weights and