Report: Game 1 catfish-tosser charged with possessing an instrument of a crime

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Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports / USA TODAY Sports

One Nashville Predators fan's moment of glory will come at a price.

Jacob Waddell, the fan who threw a catfish on the ice during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night in Pittsburgh, has been charged for his actions, according to 1020 KDKA Morning News anchor Paul Rasmussen.

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Waddell is charged with possession of an instrument of a crime, disorderly conduct, and disrupting a meeting, according to Rasmussen.

Furthermore, Rasmussen notes that police say Waddell bought the catfish in Tennessee, vacuumed sealed it, put it in his compression shorts, and then took it out inside a bathroom in the arena before chucking it onto the ice. Shortly after that Waddell was escorted out of PPG Paints Arena by security.

Hope it was worth it.

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