Friday, July 23, 2010

Tenn. Man Jailed For Fishing After Conviction

A Tennessee man has been sent to jail for nearly two years after he was caught fishing in northern Georgia after being barred for 20 years. The Tennessean reported Georgia wildlife agents were tipped by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency that 31-year-old Kurt Wesley Ellis of Cleveland had been fishing under an assumed name. Ellis had served a short jail stint in Bradley County, Tenn., and was on intensive probation for multiple wildlife violations. Authorities said Ellis was supposed to leave his home only to shop, work and worship...more

Give a man a fish and he will eat for one day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat three meals a day for nearly two years.

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