Topic: NEWS english - on September 22, 2004 at 10:36:00 AM CEST
Man, admits cheating in fishing tournament
It took Ronnie Lynn Robinson two years to own up to his fish tale. Robinson admitted Monday to common-law cheating - a rare crime - for turning in what looked to be a thawed-out fish with a belly full of lead weights at a 2002 Lake County bass-fishing tournament.
Robinson was charged and stripped of his nearly $2,000 prize at the Harris Chain Bassmasters Big Bass Tournament after tournament director Darren Ratliff gutted the winning fish in his kitchen and found three 8-ounce weights in its stomach.
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