#1241296 - 08/12/1009:15 PM
We arrested Albert Reeves (Big Al)
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Hot off the presses through RISAA. From Chief Hall, RI DEM: Big Al was one of the guys netting tons of bunker in CT. His boat was the small camo boat.
"We arrested Albert Reeves, DOB 5-3-63, 254 Winthrop St. Rehoboth MA. Officer John Gingerella and Sgt. Joseph Poccia boarded Reeves as he landed in Galilee. The officers had information that Reeves was illegally taking over limits of striped bass and hiding the illegal fish in a hidden compartment on his boat and selling the fish to dealers in Massachusetts. When encountered, Reeves was in possession of 8 striped bass which would be a legal recreational catch due to the fact that there had been 4 fishermen on the boat. Reeves insisted that he had no more fish and allowed the officers to search the boat. Officers saw wires running under the deck which they followed to a concealed switch. When they threw the switch, a hidden compartment opened hydraulically. There were ten additional illegal fish in the compartment. Reeves will be arraigned on 9-1-10 for Exceeding the Limit of Stripped Bass. Reeves pleaded NOLO in July of 2003 on the same charge and was fined $450.00."
Steven H. Hall Chief Division of Law Enforcement RI Department of Environmental Management