Man Sentenced After False Coast Guard Distress Call

In coordination with the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, the Coast Guard 9th District announces that a 21-year-old Sandusky man was sentenced Friday to three months in federal custody and was also ordered to pay restitutions of $489,007.70, the cost of the search in Lake Erie that began after he knowingly made a false distress call in March 2012.

Danik Shiv Kumar pleaded guilty earlier this year of one count of making a false distress call.

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