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October 16, 2001
RIO VISTA – A Rio Linda man who insists he caught a 40.65 striped bass to win the Rio Vista Striped Bass Festival and a new boat is getting a lawyer to back up his claim after a polygraph test he apparently failed stripped him of the prize.
James Storm of Rio Linda, 37, had posed for photos in the $19,000 boat that goes to the derby winner when the derby committee led him away to take a polygraph test, which the tournament said he failed. He was promptly disqualified.
Storm said friends are helping him find an attorney. He is more concerned about clearing his name than getting a boat, he said.
"The worst part was being called a liar in front of everybody," Storm said. "Now if I go to enter any derby, I'm going to be known as a liar and a cheat."
"I really feel like I've been (violated)," he said.
The tournament rules state that a lie-detector test would be given to the angler with the winning fish.
October 16, 2001
RIO VISTA – A Rio Linda man who insists he caught a 40.65 striped bass to win the Rio Vista Striped Bass Festival and a new boat is getting a lawyer to back up his claim after a polygraph test he apparently failed stripped him of the prize.
James Storm of Rio Linda, 37, had posed for photos in the $19,000 boat that goes to the derby winner when the derby committee led him away to take a polygraph test, which the tournament said he failed. He was promptly disqualified.
Storm said friends are helping him find an attorney. He is more concerned about clearing his name than getting a boat, he said.
"The worst part was being called a liar in front of everybody," Storm said. "Now if I go to enter any derby, I'm going to be known as a liar and a cheat."
"I really feel like I've been (violated)," he said.
The tournament rules state that a lie-detector test would be given to the angler with the winning fish.