Indiana man charged in beating deaths of 2 stolen dogs
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a northwestern Indiana man stole two pugs from a home and beat them to death in a rural area.
Twenty-three-year-old Anthony Priestas of Hammond was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of killing a domestic animal. He remained at the Porter County Jail on Thursday.
Online records don't list an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
The Porter County Sheriff's Department says Priestas stole two pug dogs from a Lake County home on Feb. 21 and drove them to rural Porter County.
According to The (Northwest Indiana) Times , authorities say Priestas was seen beating the dogs before throwing them into water.