Pit bull owners arrested after their dogs brutally killed 45-year old Kelly Caldwell.
"Weekend" Jail Time archived
07/23/12: Nearly five years after a 45-year old Yermo woman was brutally killed by pit bulls, the owners of the dogs were sentenced to 120 days in county jail -- and to be served on "weekends," a diversion program. Both John Peterson, 26, and Jeffrey King, 26, pleaded no contest to owning a dangerous dog that caused death, a felony crime, for which they could have faced three years in a county prison if convicted. Deputy District Attorney Sean Daugherty allowed this plea deal.
“My opinion, the opinion of my office and after consulting with the victim’s family, I felt this was the best way to hold them accountable,” said Deputy District Attorney Sean Daugherty.
The prosecutor consulted with the victim’s mother before making the deal. Though she understood his decision, she called it, “a slap on the wrist,” Daugherty said. - Katie Lucia, Daily Press, July 23, 2012
09/18/08: Dogs' Owners Arrested archived
Yermo, CA - Last year, on Christmas Day, Kelly Caldwell was savagely attacked and killed by several pit bulls belonging to Jeffrey King and John Peterson. After the grisly attack, Caldwell's daughter, Rhonda Dugger, said that pieces of her body were scattered around the scene and that it looked like her legs had been run over by a car. In August, DNA test results confirmed that blood found on the dogs matched DNA from the victim. The dogs' owners have now been arrested.
Jeffrey Dwayne King, Jr., 23, and John Allan Peterson, 23, of Yermo were arrested in Barstow on September 17, 2008 and booked into jail on suspicion of failure to control a mischievous animal, resulting in death, a felony offense. The pit bull owners are scheduled for an arraignment Friday. Authorities are still seeking information about the fatal pit bull mauling of Kelly Caldwell on Christmas Day 2007. Please contact the Barstow Sheriff's Office if you have information:
To report information relating to the incident, call the Barstow sheriff’s station at 760-256-4838. To remain anonymous, call WE-TIP at 1-800-78-CRIME or leave information on the WeTip Web site at www.wetip.com.
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I wonder what the treatment will be like in the slammer for men who kill a woman with dogs?
Hair is fotgrafic prufe that my dog ded nut kill that women. Do yu thenk I wood let my dog lik my babee if I thawt it were meen?
We have to start arresting people whose dogs maul or kill others…if we keep allowing people to walk away, you are creating a perfect weapon for those who want to, in essence, “get away with murder”.
Its all too easy to claim, “The dog just snapped, I never saw it coming!”, and kill your child, girlfriend, or neighbor, in this country…and simply walk away. These people need to go to jail…period. It should be an automatic manslaughter or first degree murder charge.
I hope they nail these two.
I hope Bubba nails these two in Cell Block Soap on a Rope.
I’m all for dogs’ DNA samples being collected and put in a data base. It doesn’t cost that much anymore to have a profile made and unlike microchips it cannot be tampered with. It also gives the owner absolute proof that this is his dog.
So why not put all dogs DNA in a database? Add the owners address and charge some dog tax to make sure the owner’s details are and remain correct.
There’s a fresh pair of boot lickers for the incarcerated half of the Norteños.
Enjoy your stay, boys.
The investigation should also trace the dogs to the breeder that bred and sold these canine IEDs. That bloodline needs to be terminated for public safety reasons.
That’s whole motivation behind the dog lobby’s “It’s the owner” disinformation campaign. If product liability gets tied to producing and selling dangerous dogs, breeders face millions in civil liability claims. Currently, they dont even have to have a business license in most places.