One of Carlos Rafael's Captains Pleads Guilty to Destroying Net in Coast Guard Search
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - August 24, 2018
Thomas D. Simpson, the captain of Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael’s fishing vessel Bulldog, has pleaded guilty to interfering with a U.S. Coast Guard inspection.
According to the report, the Bulldog was commercial fishing off the coast of Massachusetts on May 31, 2014 when the U.S. Coast Guard boarded the vessel to perform a routine inspection. The Bulldog’s crew was actively fishing at the time, and Simpson, 57, of South Portland, Maine, was ordered to haul in the fishing net for inspection ...
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