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Arizona man accused of dumping 1,000 pounds of fish along Phoenix road

By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Fish dump An Arizona man is accused of dumping more than 1,000 fish on the side of a road in Phoenix. (Arizona Game and Fish Department)

By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

PHOENIX — An Arizona man is accused of dumping more than 1,000 pounds of fish on the side of a Phoenix road, authorities said.

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Russell Omar Howard, 42, was arrested Thursday and charged with criminal littering, which is a class 6 felony, KTVK reported.

Officials with the Arizona Game and Fish Department told KNXV that Phoenix Police Department officers were looking into a large group of carp and gizzard shad fish that were dumped on the side of the road. Wildlife officials said they believed the fish came from a spearfishing event last weekend, the television station reported.

Phoenix Police Sgt. Ann Justus said detectives arrested Howard after completing their investigation, KTVK reported.

No other information was available, police said.


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