Crime & Safety

Owner of attacking dogs, who Cal City police say offered no assistance to drowning boy, refuses to attend arraignment

KGET 17 News · June 30, 2026

According to court documents, as the young boy struggled to stay above water, the dog's reported owner -- Kenneth Dobbins -- called his dogs to follow him and walked away, making no attempt to assist the drowning child or to render aid to an 8-year-old girl who, just moments later, sustained a serious but non-life-threatening dog bite.

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