MOsmallies Posted September 30, 2013 Author Posted September 30, 2013 Hoglaw.... Thank you for sharing your first hand knowledge and insight! How would we go about finding the name of the prosecutor. I'd be more than happy to send him/her an email or shoot them a phone call!
LarrySTL Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 If we are talking about the spearfishing guy whose pic we saw from Huzzah Valley thats Crawford County. Prosecutors can be hard to get in touch with by phone, and it might be easier to send an email or (gasppp) snailmail and know it would get to him. Prosecutors can also tend to not pay a lot of attention to folks from outside their county ( most of us can't vote for or against the Crawford Co prosecutor) but if you can politely tie your communication to you go to Crawford Co, you spend money in Crawford Co, and you would like to know that this prosecutor supports harsh penalties for this type of offense, that may carry some weight even from us non-residents. See keyword Polite. Mr William Camm Seay Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney 302 W Main St Steeleville MO 65565 OR same guy at ccpa@misn.com http://intervenehere.com
Mitch f Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Thanks Larry! If found guilty, how about a 5K fine and make him watch this video over and over for 48 hours straight! http://youtu.be/u9YOVuEQugE "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
MOsmallies Posted October 1, 2013 Author Posted October 1, 2013 Larry thanks for the info. I will definitely be contacting him this week. I hope others consider contacting him as well. Mitch - I approve of your proposed punishment (especially the video part) with the addition of fishing privileges revoked for 1 or 2 years.
LarrySTL Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 The other thing that I feel is a plus at this point almost regardless of how the case turns out, is that by now the guy has a trip or two to court under his belt, may have hired a lawyer, and I suspect by now is getting worried about the "what if"s... not about his future fishing privileges, but what about hundreds of dollars in legal fees, hundreds more in potential fines, the the possibility of at least some time in the Crawford County jail. He may have been showing off to his friends when he speared the fish, but I bet he's not grinning about it now. And at least one of his pals is going to get scared enough to make sure not to do this too. See "deterent effect". Also 10 or 15 years ago Crawford Co was, I believe one of the counties that got the float trips to be a little less crazy by announcing loudly that if you got convicted for pot you were going to get a week or so of jail time. That county might not see the humor in folks spearing their fish. Last thing..... 60 seconds on Google finds all the prosecutor stuff. Type in "XYZ County" "Missouri" and "prosecutor" and I bet it pops right up for most if not all of the 114 Mo counties http://intervenehere.com
LarrySTL Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 Mitch I loved the video once I got past the "commercial". http://intervenehere.com
Mitch f Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 Mitch I loved the video once I got past the "commercial". The scary thing to me if its really true is the fish weighing so much less than in the 70's "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Mitch f Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 Update on Hawaiian Sling dude...... He (the same guy) was run out of an outfitters campground again this last weekend. Witnesses told the manager of the campground that they saw a guy with a wet suit and a fish basket and reported him. The manager recognized him from the last run in. He confronted the guy with the same pictures at the beginning of this thread and the guy said "Yeah, I got busted and paid a lawyer $500 to take care of it for me and I didn't need to show up". The manager kicked him off his property and the dude ran up to the closest MDC put in above the campground. The manager alerted the Conservation agents about him and that's the last anyone has heard. Obviously he did not learn his lesson! Reminds me of the guy shooting the catfish with a bow in the other thread. Some people think they are above the law I guess! Gavin 1 "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
fishinwrench Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 Did we ever get a name on this guy? I'd like to check the docket report and see if that's truly the way his case was handled. Folks have been busted with a few too many crappie and not gotten off that easy.
Gavin Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 Think that a few people know his name. Outfitters have it for sure and his license plate most likely.
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