A Munster man has been taken into custody on an active warrant after an Indiana Conservation Officer investigation revealed video of him torturing an animal.
Nikola Kutansky, 35, of Munster was arrested Monday afternoon with the assistance of the Gary Police Department on a felony warrant for Knowingly Torturing or Mutilating a Vertebrate Animal, a level-six felony.
Conservation Officers filed charges after discovering the crime while investigating thefts that occurred at Willow Slough Fish & Wildlife Area.
Kutansky allegedly stole the animals in the video from Buckley Homestead Park in Lowell.
The Gary Police Department assisted by locating Kutansky on a traffic stop and arrested him without incident.
All suspects are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.