Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, from Covington, Washington, was taken into custody near Seattle on Wednesday and charged with harassing a protected marine animal, according to the US attorney's office in Honolulu.
Lytvynchuk from Washington, was taken into custody on Wednesday
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Federal agents have arrested a tourist for allegedly harassing an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on Maui.
The tourist sparked outrage after a witness recorded him chucking a coconut-sized rock at "Lani," a beloved Hawaiian monk seal…
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A witness recorded what prosecutors say was a video of Igor Lytvynchuk throwing the rock at a Hawaiian monk seal at a Maui beach.
A tourist from Washington state is accused of throwing a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal
