- Conviction
- Bestiality, Level 6 felony
- Date
- Not stated
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Indiana animal-cruelty convictions
PawWatch Registry publishes final convictions supported by an official court, prosecutor, law-enforcement, or government registry source. Records are rechecked for corrections and removals.
38 verified recordsReview in progressLast reviewed 2026-09-01
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- Conviction
- Conspiracy to violate federal Animal Welfare Act animal-fighting prohibitions
- Date
- Not stated
- Conviction
- Torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal, Level 6 felony
- Date
- Guilty plea 2023-10-16; final sentence reported 2024-06-26
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to Engage in a Dog Fighting Venture; Exhibit Animal in Animal Fighting Venture (2 counts); separate cocaine-trafficking conviction
- Date
- By 2026-04-13
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to Engage in a Dog Fighting Venture; Exhibit Animal in Animal Fighting Venture (2 counts)
- Date
- By 2026-04-13
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to Engage in a Dog Fighting Venture; Exhibit Animal in Animal Fighting Venture (2 counts)
- Date
- By 2026-04-13
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to Engage in a Dog Fighting Venture
- Date
- By 2026-04-13
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to Engage in a Dog Fighting Venture; Exhibit Animal in Animal Fighting Venture (4 counts)
- Date
- By 2026-04-13
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to Engage in a Dog Fighting Venture; Exhibit Animal in Animal Fighting Venture (3 counts); separate firearm conviction
- Date
- By 2026-04-13
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to Engage in a Dog Fighting Venture; Exhibit Animal in Animal Fighting Venture (7 counts); separate firearm conviction
- Date
- By 2026-04-13
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to Engage in a Dog Fighting Venture
- Date
- By 2026-04-13
- Conviction
- Torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal, Level 6 felony
- Date
- By 2024-05-31
- Conviction
- Torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal (Level 6 felony)
- Date
- By 2023; affirmed 2025-05-29
- Conviction
- 1 Level 6 felony cruelty-to-an-animal conviction
- Date
- By 2023; affirmed 2024-07-17
- Conviction
- 1 Class A misdemeanor cruelty-to-an-animal conviction for abandonment
- Date
- By 2021-11-08
- Conviction
- 1 Class A misdemeanor cruelty-to-an-animal conviction for neglecting a dog confined in a hot car
- Date
- Before 2025-12-23
- Conviction
- 1 Class A misdemeanor cruelty-to-an-animal conviction
- Date
- 2025-11-26
- Conviction
- 10 Class A misdemeanor counts cruelty to an animal
- Date
- 2025-10-09
- Conviction
- 1 Class A misdemeanor cruelty-to-an-animal conviction for prolonged neglect of elderly dog
- Date
- 2025-08-18
- Conviction
- 4 Class A misdemeanor counts cruelty to an animal
- Date
- 2025-08
- Conviction
- 8 misdemeanor counts animal cruelty
- Date
- 2025-02-03
- Conviction
- 2 Class A misdemeanor counts of cruelty to an animal
- Date
- 2024-03-05
- Conviction
- Two qualifying conviction episodes: 1 misdemeanor cruelty-to-an-animal conviction (2023 Vanderburgh); 3 Level 6 felony cruelty-to-an-animal convictions (2026 Warrick)
- Date
- 2023; 2026-07-14
- Conviction
- 1 Class A misdemeanor cruelty-to-an-animal conviction for abandonment
- Date
- 2023-07
- Conviction
- Two conviction episodes: 7 Level 6 felony cruelty-to-animal counts (2023 Vanderburgh); 3 Level 6 felony cruelty-to-animal counts (2026 Warrick)
- Date
- 2023-05-17; 2026-06-01
- Conviction
- 1 Class A misdemeanor cruelty-to-an-animal conviction
- Date
- 2023-04-12
- Conviction
- Killing a domestic animal (Level 6 felony) and cruelty to an animal (Class A misdemeanor)
- Date
- 2023-03-27
- Conviction
- Killing a domestic animal, Level 6 felony
- Date
- 2023 (bench trial held 2023-03-28; conviction entered thereafter)
- Conviction
- Cruelty to an animal, Class A misdemeanor
- Date
- 2022-12-19
- Conviction
- Torture of a vertebrate animal involving a six-month-old support dog
- Date
- 2022-10-07
- Conviction
- Animal crushing under the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act
- Date
- 2021-11-10
- Conviction
- Animal Crushing — torture and killing of dogs and cats
- Date
- 2021-11
- Conviction
- 2 Class A misdemeanor convictions for torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal
- Date
- 2021-09-14
- Conviction
- 1 Level 6 felony cruelty-to-an-animal conviction
- Date
- 2021-03-30
- Conviction
- Cruelty to an animal, Class A misdemeanor
- Date
- 2019-06-28
- Conviction
- Cruelty to an animal, Class A misdemeanor
- Date
- 2018-12-04
- Conviction
- Cruelty to an animal, Level 6 felony
- Date
- 2018-11
- Conviction
- 2 counts cruelty to an animal, Level 6 felonies
- Date
- 2017-04-26