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Rhode Island man charged after feds find 26 pounds of cocaine in kayak near Canadian border

A Rhode Island man could face up to 40 years in prison after federal agents found him with 26 pounds of cocaine in a kayak on Lake Champlain in Vermont, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Freddy Rodriguez, 38, of West Warwick, was encountered by federal agents behind a rented camp in Highgate, Vermont, near the Canadian border, on the night of Sept. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Rodriguez was spotted walking to the shores of Lake Champlain with a bag, the agents said in court documents. 

Agents say that after they got word that a vessel had entered the United States on the lake and was traveling south near the camp, they saw Rodriguez load objects from a bag into a kayak and start to drag the boat into the water, the documents state.

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Rodriguez tried to flee when agents confronted him, but he was apprehended. 

Agents described objects found in the kayak as brick-like packages that contained a white powder. The powder tested presumptively positive for the presence of cocaine, according to federal prosecutors.

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The brick-like packages weighed approximately 26.4 pounds.

If convicted, Rodriguez could spend between five and 40 years in prison. He was released on conditions of pre-trial supervision after a detention hearing Monday. 

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Champion boxer known as 'Butterbean' reveals he's down more than 200 pounds

Eric Esch, the former champion boxer known as “Butterbean,” revealed in an Instagram video last week that he is down more 200 pounds over the last few years.

Esch said in the video he weighed more than 500 pounds at one point and dropped the weight with the help of DDP Yoga – the program designed by pro wrestling superstar Diamond Dallas Page.

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“Look, I’ve never done a public weigh-in, first time. I was 515 about a year-and-a-half ago, two years ago, so let’s see what I weigh now,” he said in the clip. “I’ve been working out with DDP-Y. Mr. Diamond Dallas Page has helped me and my buddy Joshua. So, let’s see what I weigh.”

The scale said Esch weighed 303.8 pounds.

“Not too bad.”

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Esch was known as “Butterbean” in the early days of his career as he ate chicken and butterbeans to stay around the 400-pound mark to compete as a Toughman. He was a five-time World Toughman Heavyweight Champion with 56 wins on the circuit.

The 57-year-old was a one-time International Boxing Association World Super Heavyweight Champion and World Athletic Association World Heavyweight Champion. He was 77-10-4 as a boxer with 58 knockouts. He was also known at one point as the “King of the 4 Rounders.”

He also appeared in a few mixed martial arts and professional wrestling promotions.

He made one WWE appearance – in 1994. He fought Bart Gunn in a real boxing match at WrestleMania XV and knocked him out in 34 seconds.