After winning a fishing contest, two Louisiana men accused of cheating, arrested on fraud

[TexasTowelie]

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents arrested two men for allegedly cheating in a fishing contest in lower St. Martin Parish.

Agents on Aug. 23 arrested Wade Bourg Jr. 42, of Morgan City, and Justin Lane, 39, of Houma, for fishing contest fraud.

Agents received a complaint about possible fraud July 24 at a Fishers of Men bass tournament near Stephensville, according to a prepared statement from LDWF. Agents were advised that tournament officials and contestants believed two of the contestants in the bass tournament knowingly violated tournament boundary rules.

Upon completion of an investigation, agents learned that Bourg Jr. and Lane fished outside of the allowed area for the tournament. Bourg Jr. and Lane then weighed in and entered their fish. They won and collected first place over all, first place bonus bucks and the "big bass" contest totaling $5,562.50 in prizes and trophy plaques.

Read more: https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/article_697f5554-ec99-11ea-99d0-cff99b47d570.html

[Under The Radar]

1. Fishing fraud is somehow more criminal than Presidential

....election fraud.

[ret5hd]

4. Or "Murder By Cop".

[StClone]

2. Trump as an example

At my local grocery store the word is people are shop lifting/stealing like crazy in the last six months. Maybe its Covid related but the economy here has actually done pretty good, and for many better than pre-virus. The Store director kind of indicated that the "bad examples in high places, why should they follow the law!"

[CurtEastPoint]

3. of course this is a CHRISTIAN CHARITY! Cheatin' for Jeebus!