Three men were ordered to pay fines totaling more than $4,200 for glaring fishing violations that occurred this past weekend on the Connecticut River.
Three men were ordered to pay fines totaling more than $4,200 for glaring fishing violations that occurred this past weekend on the Connecticut River.
According to the Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police, an officer responding to a tip out of Cromwell found the men to be in possession of gross over limits.
Additionally, the men did not possess valid fishing licenses and exceeded the number of rods and reels allowed by law.
A photo released by the agency shows 32 carp laid out on a lawn. The Connecticut River is a designated “trophy carp body of water.” The daily creel limit is one carp per angler, measuring less than 26 inches.
In a news release issued Monday via social media, the CSECP stated that the officer was acting on a report of three males were “over bagging on carp.”
“Upon arrival our Officer observed a large carp hanging out of a cooler in the area of the 3 men fishing,” the agency explained. “Upon further inspection another cooler was checked which was filled to capacity.”
The dead carp were donated to a nearby rehabilitation center for injured mammals and birds of prey.
Of all the pizza memes online these days, none worried pizza lovers more than the “How would they know” videos. The premise is simple: There’s a simple, elegant, dare we say clever way that a pizza worker could, indeed, steal a slice from a pie …
Of all the pizza memes online these days, none worried pizza lovers more than the “How would they know” videos. The premise is simple: There’s a simple, elegant, dare we say clever way that a pizza worker could, indeed, steal a slice from a pie before serving and customers would have no clue. It’s a cruel, vicious hack, but so eeeeasy.
Here’s how it works: The large pie comes out of the oven, the person with the pizza cutter carves out either a huge triangular slice or a 2-inch rectangle from the center of the pie, and then pushes the two (now smaller) halves together before dividing the rest of the triangular slices.
This video, from Visa channel, shows the technique where a triangular slice is removed from a pie, followed by the simple recombining of the two halves.
This video, from @pizzasalvatore, demonstrates an alternative way to snatch pizza covertly. Specifically, via a rectangular slice.
Other versions of the meme scrap the “Who’s gonna know?/Nobody’s gonna know” shtick and pair the hack technique with a song (in this case “Rockstar” by DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch, 1.4 billion streams on Spotify).
The origin of the meme
According to Know Your Meme, the audio in these clips stem from an audio clip from the American television series Bad Girls Club containing the “Nobody’s gonna know, nobody’s gonna know,” and subsequent “They’re gonna know,” and ending with a “How would they know?”
If you peruse the content at the #GonnaKnow hashtag, you’ll see it means someone is doing something deceitful while lip-syncing to the clip. And praying they don’t get busted.
Cglaeason22, the original uploader of the audio clip, posted the video on March 25th, 2020. He was “debating myself on whether or not i should make a fake account just to post comments on my videos” and this clip saw more than 1.7 million views and 202 thousand likes in six months.
Other TikToks followed, including seanghedi posted a Gonna Know video captioned, “me getting my septum pierced against my parents wishes.” The video received over 496,000 views and 108,000 likes in five months.
A man convicted of assault during an attempted kidnapping in Yellowstone National Park has been sentenced to 44 months in prison.
A man convicted of assault with intent to commit a felony in Yellowstone National Park has been sentenced to 44 months in prison.
Gregory Michael Samuel Toth, 40, also received three years of supervised release, to be served concurrently to a state sentence, and must pay $600 in fines and assessments.
According to a DOJ news release, Toth committed assault “with the intent to commit a kidnapping” on or about Oct. 1, 2021. At the time he was was employed as a Yellowstone contractor and residing in a trailer at the Fishing Bridge RV Park.
Toth was arrested Oct. 6 in Park County, Wyoming. He was sentenced Monday, April 18, during a hearing held before Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal.
Said United States Atty. Bob Murray: “Assault is a serious crime regardless of the location but when it occurs in a national park, it becomes a federal felony, This individual is now serving close to four years in federal prison due to an unnecessary assault on an innocent individual.”
Murray added: “This type of conviction would not have been possible without the collaborative efforts of our prosecuting attorney and the investigative work of the National Park Service.”
Agents with the National Park Service and Yellowstone National Park assisted in the investigation. The case was prosecuted by Michael J. Elmore.
Wardens conducting a search last week at a restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, discovered 381 whole shark fins and 29.2 pounds of frozen shark fins inside a commercial freezer.
Wardens conducting a search last week at a restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, discovered 381 whole shark fins and an additional 29.2 pounds of frozen shark fins inside a commercial freezer.
Because the case is pending, Texas Game Wardens, of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, did not identify the Bexar County restaurant or its owners in a news release issued Monday.
A K-9 unit assisted in the search of the property. The fins were seized as evidence.
Shark fin soup is considered a delicacy in some Asian communities. Shark finning entails catching sharks solely for their fins. Fishermen often toss sharks back to die a slow death after their fins have been removed.
By some estimates, more than 70 million sharks are killed annually by shark finning.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for the public’s help regarding the shooting of a bald eagle in Tennessee.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for the public’s help regarding the shooting of a bald eagle in Tennessee.
The mature eagle, found on Feb. 28 alongside Ebenezer Rd. near Reagan in Henderson County, was euthanized because of its injuries.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency stated Friday that “a potential reward is being offered for information leading to the prosecution of a person or persons involved in the criminal offense.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the USFWS at 615-736-5532 or the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency at 731-423-5725.
The bald eagle has been the national bird of the United States since 1782.
Although removed from the endangered species list in 2007, bald eagles remain protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
The men, cited for killing an alligator out of season, were identified as Boyd Bumbera, 23, from Brookshire; Baron Vargas, 27, and Manuel Gomez, 33, from Houston, and Jesus Fajardo, 35, from Baytown.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries stated in a news release that alligator hunting in the region does not open until the last Saturday in August.
Killing an alligator during a closed season carries fines of between $400 and $950, and up to 120 days in jail. The men might also be forced to pay civil restitution totaling $375 for the “replacement value” of the alligator.
–Alligator image courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
An Idaho man was arrested Sunday after a pursuit in which he was clocked at 132 mph in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park.
An Idaho man was arrested Sunday after a pursuit in which he was clocked at 132 mph in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park.
Police radar clocked the motorist at 108 mph near the Teton Point Turnout, according to the Jackson Hole News and Guide. Police followed with lights flashing and sirens blaring, hoping the man would pull over.
But the motorist stepped on the gas and attained a speed of 132 mph while southbound near Moose Junction. (The maximum daytime speed limit on Highway 89/26/191 is 55 mph.)
Photos: Grand Teton National Park
Park spokesman CJ Adams told the News and Guide that the motorist got stuck in traffic at the Gros Ventre Roundabout and pulled over with other motorists who had pulled over to make way for police.
If that was an attempt to blend in and evade capture, it didn’t work.
The man, who was driving a Dodge truck, was arrested and cited for multiple offenses, including driving while under the influence, open container, driving with a suspended license, and trying to escape officers.
The man was due to appear in court Tuesday, Adams said.
Law enforcement was tipped off by a concerned citizen, as anglers are required to release snook caught in Sarasota County through May 31.
“When the officer opened the lid to the cooler, all he could see were groceries,” Fish and Wildlife explained. “But, when a false insert sized to fit within the dimensions of the cooler lifted out, seven snook were in a sneaky hiding space.”
The person was issued multiple citations and “the fish were returned to the water to become food for other marine life.”
–Snook image courtesy of My Florida Fish and Wildlife
A commercial fisherman in Florida has been cited for unlawful use of a gill net in a restricted area and possessing 2,611 pompano over the allowable limit.
A commercial fisherman in Florida has been cited for unlawful use of a monofilament gill net in a restricted area and possessing 2,611 pompano over the allowable limit.
Ronald Edward Birren, captain of the 48-foot vessel Legacy, was confronted by officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) in federal waters, 5.5 miles south of the Pompano Endorsement Zone inside the Gulf of Mexico.
The net was aboard the boat, bristling with its catch.
The boat was escorted back to Everglades City, where FWC officers determined that the net contained 2,711 pompano. (Fishermen outside the endorsement zone are allowed up to 100 pompano as bycatch.)
The weight of the catch was nearly 4,000 pounds. Some of the fish were undersized.
Birren, 52, of Hernando Beach, was cited for possession of more than the allowable bycatch limit, and undersized pompano.
The FWC did not disclose the day Birren was cited, but in a news release issued Monday, Maj. Alberto Maza, FWC South Region B Commander, stated: “Our officers are dedicated to protecting our state and federal fishery resources. Violations such as this one highlights the importance of the work that these men and women do every day.”
Monofilament gill nets are banned in Florida state waters and restricted in federal waters. Violations pertaining to their use in state waters constitute third-degree felonies.
A man caught cutting chunks of cedar from a logging bridge showed no remorse and now faces the consequences of his destructive actions.
A man in Washington caught cutting chunks of cedar logs from under a logging bridge with the intent of selling them on the black market showed no remorse and now faces the consequences of his destructive actions.
Troy Crandall, 63, of Forks was sentenced to 17.5 months in prison and ordered to pay $20,220 in restitution after being convicted for malicious mischief in the first degree, theft in the second degree and trafficking in stolen property in the first degree, the Jefferson County Prosecutor General announced.
In October, a hunter reported an active cedar theft taking place behind a locked Department of Natural Resources gate. When DNR officer Allan Nelson arrived at the scene, he found freshly cut cedar blocks and two men sitting in a nearby vehicle.
“The two men were cold, wet, covered in cedar saw dust, and smelled of chainsaw gas,” the Prosecutor General stated. “Officer Nelson asked the passenger what was going on, and Mr. Crandall interjected ‘this is corporate bull—; this bridge is just rotting away.’…
“Mr. Crandall stated he had lived in the area for a long time but ultimately stated he was ‘sorry, not sorry.’”
In sentencing Crandall, Judge Keith Harper said the defendant showed no remorse and no defense for the three charges.
The damage to the bridge created danger to others. Officials were forced to close the bridge, thus restricting access to a section of forest from fire fighters and search and rescue.
“He basically deconstructed a bridge,” Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Anna Phillips said, as reported in the Peninsula Daily News. “This isn’t someone who just picked up some cedar.”
“Officer Nelson has twenty plus years of law enforcement experience and it showed in the quality of his investigation,” Prosecutor James Kennedy said. “It is great to have professionals like him protecting our natural resources. This case also highlights the importance that everyone of us plays in promoting public safety. Had not the hunter called this case in, the damage might have gone unnoticed until the bridge collapsed under the weight of a passing vehicle.”
DNR officer Allan Nelson.
Crandall’s accomplice pled guilty and was sentenced as a first-time offender to 12 months of DOC community custody and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution.
“When a person pleads or is found guilty of a felony and is sentenced in Washington State, they become labeled an offender and are monitored for a period of time by a state official,” Rhodes Legal Group in Seattle explained. “This state monitoring process is called community custody, a term that has replaced what used to be called parole.”
Phillips told the court Crandall had 15 warrants for his arrest—with one active—and a history of failing to appear in court. Harper highlighted that Salinas has had more than 90 warrants for his arrest over the last 40 years and a history of bail jumping and failure to appear in court.
“To those who get caught endangering the public and DNR staff: ‘Sorry, not sorry,’” the DNR tweeted.
