An Indiana man has been charged with numerous wildlife crimes after officers found several species living in poor conditions not far from the Michigan border.
Cody Rowe, 28, of Dyer was charged after conservation officers with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources investigated a home in Lake County this week. Dyer is less than an hour from Michigan’s southern border.
Officers say they found protected Eastern Box turtles, 23 dogs and five cats in poor conditions. The animals were removed by Lake County Animal Control, the Hobart Humane Society, and Humane Indiana.
Rowe is preliminarily being charged with numerous crimes including:
- 31 counts of illegal possession and taking of whitetail deer
- 23 counts of neglect of animals
- Three counts of removing Eastern Box Turtles from the wild
- One count of possession of an undersized snapping turtle
- One count of failure to purchase a hunting license
- One count of illegal possession of bobcat (tail)
- One count of hunting deer with the aid of bait
- One count of false informing
- One count of hindering a Conservation Officer
An investigation is ongoing. Officers were also assisted at the scene by the Lake County Sheriff’s Department.
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