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Prosecutors agreed to drop attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools charges.

Chase Cominsky and Jake Runyan were caught stuffing walleyes with lead weights ahead of a tournament weigh-in in Cleveland back in September.

Prosecutors agreed to drop attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools charges.

Trial is set to begin Monday for a Hermitage man and a Cleveland man charged for allegedly cheating when they competed in a fishing tournament.

Video of officials at a Cleveland walleye tournament cutting weights out of Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky's walleyes went viral in September. On Monday, the men are set to begin trial on charges including felony cheating and attempted grand theft.

The duo were caught: hook, line and sinker.

Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky entered guilty pleas Monday to felony cheating and misdemeanor possession of wildlife after they were exposed as cheaters in a walleye fishing tournament in Cleveland.

Two men accused of stuffing fish with lead weights and fish fillets in an attempt to win an Ohio fishing tournament last fall have pleaded guilty.

Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky pleaded guilty to one count of cheating and one count of unlawful ownership of wild animals.

Two men accused of stuffing fish with lead weights and fish fillets in an attempt to win an Ohio fishing tournament last fall have pleaded guilty.