A man who led a successful expedition to capture a great white shark off Massachusetts’ coast last year is charged with cruelty to animals and other offenses.
Christopher Stefanou, of New York, is accused of illegally capturing the great white shark along Cape Cod in October 2025 as part of a dayslong venture with Stefanou’s crew and a European client, according to the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
Stefanou, 30, was arraigned on Wednesday, October 21, on charges of animal cruelty to shark, fishing for shark, mechanical deployment of bait, attempt to capture a shark and possession of a protected species, the district attorney’s office said in a news release…