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MotoXcowboy · 12-05-2005, 10:12 AM

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Striped Bass Catch Results In Two Arrests

Published on 12/5/2005

Hartford— Two Connecticut men, who environmental authorities say caught more than the legal limit of striped bass and then tried to sell them, were arrested Sunday on a variety of charges.

John Zacks, 78, of East Haven and Benjamin Rapuano, 51, of New Haven were charged with conspiracy to sell striped bass, 29 counts of possession of striped bass over the limit, commercial fishing without a license and other charges.

According to the state Department of Environmental Protection Web site, the daily limit for recreational anglers is two striped bass per person.

The arrest capped an investigation that began Aug. 16 when Zacks and Rapuano and an unidentified third person allegedly caught more than 800 pounds of striped bass off the coast of Clinton and transported the fish to a seafood dealer in New Bedford, Mass. Massachusetts officers arrested Zacks and Rapuano at the seafood dealer.

12-05-2005, 10:12 AM	#2
MotoXcowboy Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,008	I've got an idea..lets call this the "Thread of Shame" Striped Bass Catch Results In Two Arrests Published on 12/5/2005 Hartford— Two Connecticut men, who environmental authorities say caught more than the legal limit of striped bass and then tried to sell them, were arrested Sunday on a variety of charges. John Zacks, 78, of East Haven and Benjamin Rapuano, 51, of New Haven were charged with conspiracy to sell striped bass, 29 counts of possession of striped bass over the limit, commercial fishing without a license and other charges. According to the state Department of Environmental Protection Web site, the daily limit for recreational anglers is two striped bass per person. The arrest capped an investigation that began Aug. 16 when Zacks and Rapuano and an unidentified third person allegedly caught more than 800 pounds of striped bass off the coast of Clinton and transported the fish to a seafood dealer in New Bedford, Mass. Massachusetts officers arrested Zacks and Rapuano at the seafood dealer.