Montauk Fisherman Convicted in 2023 Scheme to Sell Over-limit Fluke Released from Prison Early
A commercial fisherman convicted of federal crimes in 2023 has been released from an upstate minimum-security prison less than eight months into his 30-month sentence, but his plan to make court-ordered restitution is hitting a roadblock.
Christopher Winkler, 65, the veteran Montauk fisherman who was convicted in a scheme to catch and sell nearly $900,000 in over-the-limit fluke and black sea bass, was released this week to a halfway house in Brooklyn, his lawyer Daniel Rodgers of...
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