{"id":375422,"date":"2026-06-26T04:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/375422\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:39:09","slug":"arrest-after-dogs-chased-12-year-old-boy-to-his-drowning-death-at-california-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/375422\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest after dogs chased 12-year-old boy to his drowning death at California park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 68-year-old Antelope Valley man is behind bars after authorities say his dogs triggered a chain of events that ended in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/24\/us-news\/horror-as-boy-12-drowns-after-jumping-into-lake-after-three-vicious-dogs-hunted-him-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drowning death of a 12-year-old boy<\/a> at a California park.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Dobbins was arrested Thursday in Lancaster by Los Angeles County sheriff\u2019s deputies after a tip from a civilian who spotted him walking near a workplace and alerted police.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies quickly moved in and took him into custody.<\/p>\n<p>A 68-year-old Antelope Valley man is behind bars after authorities say his dogs triggered a chain of events that ended in the drowning death of a 12-year-old boy at a California park. California City Police<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Dobbins was arrested Thursday in Lancaster by Los Angeles County sheriff\u2019s deputies after a tip from a civilian who spotted him walking near a workplace and alerted police.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest comes in connection with a June 18 tragedy at a park in California City, a Kern County community about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, where 12-year-old Fernando Torres Moreno died after trying to escape a dog attack.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the incident unfolded around 6 p.m. when dogs linked to Dobbins began chasing the boy.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the incident unfolded around 6 p.m. when dogs linked to Dobbins began chasing the boy. California City Police Dept.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia&#8217;s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>One account says two off-leash dogs pursued Fernando, forcing him into a lake as he tried to get away.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders with the California City Police Department arrived to find the boy submerged in the lake.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders with the California City Police Department arrived to find the boy submerged in the lake.<\/p>\n<p>Officers pulled him from the water and performed CPR at the scene before paramedics rushed him to a hospital in Tehachapi Valley.<\/p>\n<p>He was later transferred to Children\u2019s Hospital in Bakersfield, where he ultimately died from his injuries, according to reports cited by the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p>Dobbins faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and negligent ownership of a mischievous animal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His first court hearing is pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 68-year-old Antelope Valley man is behind bars after authorities say his dogs triggered a chain of events&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,4182,3586],"class_list":["post-375422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-metro","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}