WARE, Mass. (WWLP) - A man from Ware faces six charges including rape, kidnapping, and sexual contact with animals. In a public news release from the Ware Police Department, an investigation conducted by Ware detectives and troopers from the State Police Unit of the Hampden District Attorney's Office led to the arrest of 34-year-old Michael Stanikmas on Monday. “Monster” victim statements read during West Springfield serial rapist sentencing Stanikmas is being held on $200,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday at the Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown. He is charged with the following: Sexual contact with animals (2 counts) Domestic assault and battery (2 counts) Domestic strangulation/suffocation Kidnapping Rape Witness intimidation Local News Headlines School bus, car involved in crash at Springfield intersection Ware man faces 6 charges including sexual contact with animals “Pig butchering” schemes on the rise: What to know Wildfires in Massachusetts and California prompt safety reminder as open burning season begins WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.