Prosecutors to drop charges in Stanley Cup dead catfish toss

PITTSBURGH -- Prosecutors are dropping charges filed against a Tennessee man for throwing a catfish onto the rink in Pittsburgh during the opening of the Stanley Cup Final.

Thirty-six-year-old Jacob Waddell was charged in Allegheny County with disorderly conduct, possessing instruments of crime and disrupting meetings or processions after tossing the dead fish over the glass surrounding the rink Monday night during the Nashville Predators-Pittsburgh Penguins game.

The Penguins ice crew removes a catfish from the ice during the second period in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.District Attorney Stephen Zappala said in a Facebook post Wednesday that Waddell's actions "do not rise to the level of…