Jerod Sechrist, whopreviously appearedonDeadliest Catchas a deckhand, has beenarrested for the second time in two months.
He was charged with one felony count of retail theft for $750 or more and was held at Hillsborough County Jail for three days, before being released on a surety bond for $2,000.
In a social media post earlier this week, Tampa Police said Sechrist was arrested for allegedly “stealing over $1,000 worth of merchandise” from a local IKEA and was charged with grand theft. According to police, he had allegedly shoplifted “multiple times” from the store in October before “finally being apprehended.”
Sechrist was previously arrested on Oct. 5 in Tampa and charged with one felony count ofpossession of heroinand one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office inmate database states that he was released from custody after 43 days.
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In an interview withPopCulture.comearlier this year,Deadliest CatchCaptain “Wild Bill” Wichrowski said putting together a good crew in the commercial fishing industry has gotten more challenging.
“It’s harder to find excellent guys,” he told the website. “They used to be lined up 12 deep when we were making the crazy rock star money, but now it’s almost easier to mold the ones you have and obviously, there’s, throughout the fleet, there’s addiction problems.”
“I’m always the watchdog, keeping an eye on them, and I can see it from here to the other side of the island when anybody messes up,” he continued, adding that it was a “healthier bunch” altogether on his ship nowadays. “It’s funny, but my guys are — instead of sitting around reading whatever kind of magazines — they’re all sitting around reading the Bible and getting their head together.”
source: people.com
