Another lobster fishing arrest

Florida Keys News - Key West Citizen

Friday, October 5, 2012

Another lobster fishing arrest

Third commercial fisherman charged in the past week

BY ADAM LINHARDT Citizen Staff
alinhardt@keysnews.com

Another Lower Keys commercial fisherman was arrested for alleged lobster violations Wednesday after wildlife officers saw him fishing from a boat belonging to another fisherman who was arrested last week.

Tommy Morales, 31, of Stock Island, tried to get away from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers after they spotted him fishing in the commercial bo...

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The real question is

Submitted on Sun, 10/07/2012 - 9:36am by trapper

who are selling shorts to ?

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Tommy, Tommy, Tommy. When will you learn?

Submitted on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 5:27pm by *.* CLEARLY the original

Tommy Morales has been arrested, if I'm not mistaken, for stealing copper up island a bit. He's been a drug dealer for about 10 years that I know of. It's time for him to go away for a very long time. He cannot be rehabilitated. He'd rather do illegal things rather than actually work.

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Lock em up

Submitted on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 2:32am by Bonefish

The law needs to do the maximum with these crooks and take the boat, lock them up and ban them for life from fishing. Some would say "oh that is their lively hood"; no it is not they are crooks. Lock em up and move on and out of the Keys.