BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Kern County man who was accused of threatening to shoot his neighbor’s dog and to making threats against neighbors was acquitted of all charges last week, court records show.
Atilano Chavez Del Rio was found not guilty of two misdemeanor counts each of assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats in an incident the Kern County Public Defender’s Office said stemmed from an ongoing dispute with neighbors over their pit bulls.
The charges were originally filed as felonies, but the Public Defender’s Office “successfully secured a reduction” to misdemeanors before the case went to trial, according to a release from the office on Thursday…