Jury acquits Indiana man accused of killing woman’s canines

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November 1

VALPARAISO, Ind. — A jury has acquitted a northwestern Indiana man who authorities say stole two canines that belonged to a lady he previously dated and killed them .

The (Northwest Indiana) instances reports a jury on Wednesday cleared 24-year-old Anthony Priestas of two criminal counts of killing a home animal.

protection attorney Andy Kyres told jurors authorities charged the incorrect grownup . He downplayed the connection connection, announcing Priestas and the dogs' proprietor hadn't dated for the reason that 2014.

Authorities say the Hammond man entered the Crown aspect lady's domestic Feb. 21 when no one become domestic, stole her pugs Mugsey and Marley, and fatally beat them in adjacent Porter County.

Porter superior courtroom says Priestas continues to be in the back of bars and not using a bond on other pending cases in Porter County and a housebreaking case in Lake County .

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suggestions from: The instances, http://www.nwitimes.com

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