Just had a segment on the walleye cheaters... ODNR is involved so it looks like the heat has been turned up on those two slugs... All they'll get is a slap on the wrist though... Dan

wonder how much those two have stolen over the years ?

I thought I read somewhere that the team won $300k last year alone.

... I hope you're wrong, but, I confess, in this crazy world you might well be correct Brother Dan....

However, ya gotta remember, this isn't NY, CA, etc etc, it's OH....

My guess, heavy fines, heavy community service, heavy restitution, 3 to 6 months (possibly a year IF the felony charges stick) in jail, probation, loss of hunting and fishing privileges.....

I just don't see how prosecutors can do anything but hammer these guys (INTENSE public pressure....national media exposure.... worldwide via the net).....i don't see how competent defense counsel can let this go to trial (might well get the maximum).....they've got to try and plea it down as best they can as they really don't have much to work with.... I'm not sure the defense counsel will be able to plea down from a felony/felonies to misdemeanors, etc (but they might be able to do it, I'm betting they will, hence the 3 to 6 months).....

There's simply no defense for the crimes of which they'll eventually be charged.....IF they take it to trial their clients might well be punished to the extremities of OH law.....I don't see how the court can accept anything less than serious punishment....too public....so blatant.... irrefutable evidence, etc.....not to mention a prior failed polygraph and subsequent disqualification (might be admissible due to the DQ.. slim but possible), prior game law violation/violations (most probably admissible), etc etc.

However, in the end I might well be dead wrong..... who knows in this crazy world.

I do know this, those two are sweating bullets..... deservedly so.