The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said today that State Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police Officers have arrested two men on violations of marine fisheries laws. The arrests occurred yesterday, October 4. The men arrested were David J. Hochman, 45 from Orange, Connecticut and John J. Warnock, 65 from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The subjects were in possession of twelve striped bass which is 8 fish (4 per man) over the daily limit of 2 per person.

The officers, acting on a complaint, arrested the two men as they were attempting to offload the fish to a vehicle on Boulder Avenue in Stonington. The two men had begun their fishing trip at the state-owned Barn Island Boat Launch, also in Stonington. They are to appear in New London Superior Court on October 19, 2011.


Posted by Mermaid

Yup, they knew they were breaking the law and did it anyways. This clearly wasn't a case of negligence.

Rox, Addict and Don D all said it best!

Seriously, how long has this been going on for? I am certain all of these fish were for personal consumption ONLY! The only mistake they made was getting caught

CD

Fish,

I was definitely being sarcastic about the personal consumption. Sounds like they had a quite a side business going on. I believe Hochman is a chiropracter by day.

without a weight to the fish, its hard to tell what they brought in, but its easy to speculate that if they got a fined per pound, these two would be in the poor house... The penalties do add up with a lot of fish, thats why im a little disappointed that only got caught with 4 fish over the limit each, im sure they had days they brought a lot more in.. Without a big penality and a lot of attention, Its pretty easy for them to put this behind them, just get a RI license maybe even fish in CT too with that license next year...