Breaking News, Court News, poaching, Police Beat, This Just In!, Top Cops PIRATE POACHERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE: Judge issues lifetime ban against Hans Kuntze for poaching oysters in sanctuary Posted onSeptember 15, 2016 Judge ruled that state officials had “established by a preponderance of the evidence that [Kuntze] took oysters located more than 200 feet within a closed or prohibited area.”